Meaning of Freedom
The meaning of freedom can be interpreted in many different ways. The Bill of Rights has provided a structure for citizens of the United States to follow in order to be able to exercise their freedom in those ways. The entity to consider is how we manage our personal freedoms with those of the people around us. In a sense, how we interact with each other as cooperative citizens to evoke what our freedom entails.
Preference or Purpose
Individuals have a preference for their freedom or a purpose they are trying to serve within the scope of the bill of rights amendments. For instance, if there is a religious leader, his purpose is to conjure the freedom of speech or freedom of religion to be able to speak as a leader to the people. For others they may have a desire to improve the rights of equality for men and women. Eleanor Roosevelt was one of these people. This was exemplified during her excerpt of “The Struggle for Human Rights.” During this speech, she mentions “We the people of the United Nations determined...to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and...to promote social progress and better standards of life in …show more content…
collective sense. He mentions the premise of governmental laws that may or may not be in the best interest of the people, and that people should have the right to stand up to those laws if they are unjust. His passage on “Civil Disobedience,” suggests that a person can be in the right while breaking a law if that law is unjust. He asks questions regarding the relationship between an individual and a governmental group who may be in power (“Civil Disobedience,” 2005, para. 31-33). Does this hinder the freedom of an individual if it is related to an unjust law? There are many different ways this can be interpreted, to which I believe we should always stand up to what is
The meaning of freedom can be interpreted in many different ways. The Bill of Rights has provided a structure for citizens of the United States to follow in order to be able to exercise their freedom in those ways. The entity to consider is how we manage our personal freedoms with those of the people around us. In a sense, how we interact with each other as cooperative citizens to evoke what our freedom entails.
Preference or Purpose
Individuals have a preference for their freedom or a purpose they are trying to serve within the scope of the bill of rights amendments. For instance, if there is a religious leader, his purpose is to conjure the freedom of speech or freedom of religion to be able to speak as a leader to the people. For others they may have a desire to improve the rights of equality for men and women. Eleanor Roosevelt was one of these people. This was exemplified during her excerpt of “The Struggle for Human Rights.” During this speech, she mentions “We the people of the United Nations determined...to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and...to promote social progress and better standards of life in …show more content…
collective sense. He mentions the premise of governmental laws that may or may not be in the best interest of the people, and that people should have the right to stand up to those laws if they are unjust. His passage on “Civil Disobedience,” suggests that a person can be in the right while breaking a law if that law is unjust. He asks questions regarding the relationship between an individual and a governmental group who may be in power (“Civil Disobedience,” 2005, para. 31-33). Does this hinder the freedom of an individual if it is related to an unjust law? There are many different ways this can be interpreted, to which I believe we should always stand up to what is