Why Is Liberty Important In Society

When the word democracy is present other words that our connected are equality justice and liberty. But from the beginning of time in society absolute monarchs and emperors has created a political system where democracy is the foundation for everything which often brought peace and order, but at the cost of personal freedoms. In a democrat system, Democratic values support the belief that an orderly society can exist in which freedom is preserved and still hold true to its values. But with our society changing very fast, I have to ask is some of those core values that are four fathers have created still important to Americans today. One of those core ideas that many Americans hold high and firm is Liberty. A social norm value that states that …show more content…
Which in itself should tell you how important this value is.and its importance in society. You can see Liberty are the center force in forms such as, politics, philosophy and life. In philosophy, in particular many philosophers have a very strong positive stand to the value of liberty. You can see examples of this in works from John Locke in the beginning of John Mills and Karl Marx. And while liberty may seem easy to execute there are many examples where it has failed. Many people agree with the statement that the government does need improvement and many will say the reason for that is because the government grossly overtaxes us, or that bureaucracies are incredibly wasteful and corrupt, or that Big Brother is constantly threatening our freedom. I disagree that that’s the reason for a failing system. I believe it 's because of the disassembly with society’s values and their trust with the government. The main fault of our current is that are government is not being run as a democratic as it was in the past. These values are expressed in a significant amount of are nations documents and speeches. Values such as equality, unity, liberty, and individualism are some of the center pieces in our