Libertarian

Should marijuana be made legal? That is the question many Americans have attempted to answer in the past and continue to debate in our society today. In the past few years, a few signs have suggested that Americans’ attitudes toward marijuana legalization might be changing. For instance, both Washington and Colorado have legalized the use of marijuana, while other states are considering taking this step in the near future (e.g., California). In California, medical marijuana use is legal; however…

Utilitarianism and Libertarianism on the Redistribution of Resources When it comes to the government, the president, and their cabinet tries to govern the United States in the best way that he or she can; however, it’s understood by some that this individual can not please every citizen. For instance, in the United States, there is a huge income gap between the rich and the poor. Many individuals feel like the government should try to redistribute some resources to the poor; however, others…

present, explain, and critically evaluate compatibilism. I will then consider, but ultimately refute, the following two objections against compatibilism: the hard determinists’ argument that we have no free will due to causal determinism and the libertarians’ argument that we are not causally determined. Compatibilism is the theory that causal determinism and free will are both true. Causal determinism is the theory that “all events are caused,” and an event only happens if “there is a set of…

1. Introduction Robert Kane believes libertarians, before him, have not done an adequate job of explaining how their view of free will can be reconciled with modern scientific views about human beings and the cosmos. As a result, this causes Kane to address the conflict between free will and its compatibility with modern scientific views. Kane asks the two following questions. First, can a libertarian view of free will requiring ultimate responsibility be made intelligible without appealing to…

Robert Nozick: One of the preeminent modern libertarian is Robert Nozick. His most famous writing is Anarchy, State, and Utopia in 1974 which holds a negative conception of liberty, or the freedom from interference by other people. Negative liberty is the absence of any external limits to what you desire. The state has no right to interfere with economic or social actions of citizens unless it is protecting property rights, stopping aggression against persons or righting past injustices.…

Germany, like so many other European countries, is known for its democracy and the freedom that is given to their people. A founding member of the European Union and Eurozone. Also known as the largest national economy in Europe and the fourth-largest by nominal GDP in the world. According to Freedom House’s report, the status of the German press freedom remains free. The media in Germany enjoy an editorial independence when it comes their content, the German constitution also secures their…

Liberal Neutrality simply put, is the idea that the government or those in a position of power and influence should remain neutral when it comes to the personal freedoms and life-choices of the individual so long as the choices made by the individual do not harm others. In the scope of liberal neutrality, harm can be defined in the traditional sense of direct physical harm but also includes harms that may not be so easy to recognize, such as the infringement of any other individual’s rights or…

5 Facts about Racism and Racists like Donald Trump Donald Trump has certainly raised some eyebrows in the last couple of months. After his policy to shutdown all Muslims entering the U.S., a former NFL player called him out. Hamza Abdullah actually compared Donald Trump to a drunk driver. This was no doubt to take a shot about his apparent racism. Speaking of racism, here are some other facts about racists like Donald Trump. FACT 1 Did you know that liking white meat is racist? This sounds…

Politics affect every single thing in our lives, because politics are the basis of how our government responds to the problems we face everyday. Even if we don’t care to admit it, each and everyone of us have political views. These views form the foundation of our political identities. However, we are not born with these political identities. Each identity is the culmination of our views on each issue, efficacy, and party affiliations all of which are formed gradually as we are exposed to…

My work in Critical Inquiry has given me a broader sense of exploring more concepts and theories that I have not particular been involved in until now. My job includes detailed descriptions of all of the work I have completed in my Critical Inquiry class including but not limited to 6 one-pagers, three essays, and three visual pieces. I would like to start off with the work I have done in my Critical Inquiry class that included the visual pieces I had to create for my response to class…