Civil liberties

when the government can look through everyone's private information? The Patriot Act violates Civil Liberties and is Unconstitutional by restricting the First Amendment and Fourth Amendment rights of Americans. The Patriot Act violates freedom of religion and speech. It violates our right to search and seizure without proper warrants or probable cause. It is unconstitutional, and violates our civil liberties. Before the events that occurred on September eleventh two thousand and one, it is said…

don’t care much for political talk on TV or the radio. But after taking the test and being tossed into the liberal box I now realize that I believe in a lot of the things that liberals do. Their main focuses are promoting equality and individual liberties while supporting government in handling violence and help for the disadvantaged. Basically they like the idea of people getting to express themselves how they want and government helping the disadvantaged and controlling violence. The lack of…

The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association dives into the idea of cannabis’s legality in form as a medical drug. It states that due to its nature of helping someone live their life in a painless or more comfortable matter it should not be deemed illegal. Similar to the case of R. v. Smith. The case is unclear and Section 7 of the Charter is commonly brought up. It broadly explains that marijuana falls under a “Natural Health Product Regulation” (pg 2.c) but that the natural health products…

of political situations. Liberalism argues for human rights, parliamentary democracy, and free trade, while also maintaining that all such goals begin within the state. Liberalists want to focus more on the individual’s liberty, while realists will sacrifice an individual’s liberty for the stability of the community. Most time liberalists…

affected by factors such as God, the British, or even just simply the fact that Paine described the reasoning to get the colonists to fight in such an expressive way. Throughout this piece, Paine’s goal was to persuade the colonists to strive for liberty. To support his argument, Paine utilizes religious beliefs, descriptive language, and the recognition of the counter argument. To begin with, the author points to religious beliefs to demonstrate the relation God has on the colonists…

find negative because it is through this emphasis of power that humans natural right of liberty is taken…

John Stewart Mill’s On Liberty is essential to understand not only liberty and the limits of government, but also on the limits of the majority and democracy to vitalize each individual to pursue his or her fullest potential. This is invaluable to understand for the best and the most prosperous path for the society to live in. To further explore Mill’s concept of liberty, two supplementary readings that I’ve used are a scholarly published article titled—John Stuart Mill and the “Marketplace of…

all of its people? In John Stuart Mill’s essay “On Liberty”, he makes the argument that we should have the freedom to perform any actions we wish, as long as those are not causing harm to any others. Mill makes a number of justifications for his argument throughout his essay. He understands that in order for society to function, there needs to be certain restrictions on individual’s liberty. He believes society’s control over an individual’s liberty should only be restricted to prevent harm to…

Philosophy of Right, 142). The ethical life is divided into 3 important parts; family, the civil society, and the…

supports freedom in the ways he claims, government interference is necessary in order for freedom of thought and expression to support Mill’s utility. In this essay, I will briefly discuss Mill’s principle of utility. Then, I will discuss Mill’s liberty principle and outline his two main arguments in favor of freedom of speech and ideas. Next, I will explain how Mill argues that freedom of thought and expression support his principle of utility. Finally, I will advance an argument for why…