Liberty Union Party

Mill and Foucault both use the concept of freedom and liberty in their writings to demonstrate the different power dynamics. Mill has a distinct perspective of social tyranny among a liberal structure. Foucault explains the ways in which we facilitate and enforce power through discourse. While their two views give a different lens of power, I would argue that they give a similar perspective on the ways in which a collective society maintains power. Both Mill and Foucault establish a critical…

that such principles have no place in state legislature or what the state should restrict. I will then argue that state legislation on pornography with content that which isn't already illegal would be a state incursion into an individual's negative Liberty, which cannot be justified according to…

power limiting the freedom of those who are subordinate to them in their “interest”. His specific focus on paternalism followed the model of Mill’s Harm Principle. Mill’s Harm Principle states that the only reason that one is able to limit another’s liberty of action is if it is for self-protection. The harm principle also states that the only way power can be exercised over another person is to prevent harm to others. Although his work pertained to Mill’s Harm Principle, throughout he accepted…

of pride and liberalism; since it has a history of inviting achievement and success to the governing structure of our nation. A lot of our convictions come from the notion of amplifying our natural rights, guaranteeing that we are enabled to life, liberty, and property. The philosopher John Locke who added to the success of liberalism, is acclaimed by several of these liberal contributions and is in some cases referred to as the architect of American liberalism. Thomas Hobbes, be that…

Mill believed the history of mankind is the struggle between liberty and authority. To Mill, there is continuous tension between two values in politics: liberty: individual freedom and Authority: the need for constraint. The struggle b/w the relations is carried on by the tyranny of Gov't. He breaks down authority into two parts: firstly, necessary rights belonging to citizens. Secondly, the "establishment of constitutional checks by which the consent of the society, or of a governing body,…

Under libertarianism, the greatest threat to an individual comes from the limitations set up by the government. Libertarians believe that certain laws restrict and invade people’s rights. In, “Anarchy, State and Utopia” by Robert Nozick, he developed a libertarian political philosophy called the entitlement theory. Here he argued that the minimal state, a state that is limited to the enforcement of contracts and the protection of individuals, is the only state that can be justified, and anything…

The tenet that I would like to discuss in this Conceptual Response is ‘Liberal Wars have a distinct relationship to territory insomuch as spatiality is firmly bound to active living space’ (Evans, 2011, p.750-751). Liberalism, understanding by most people, is the ideology based on the ideas of equality and freedom. However, in ‘The Liberal War Thesis’, the author Brad Evans illustrates that liberalism is not simply a set of principles, but ‘a regime of power that wages the destiny of the…

Mill's philosophy of individual liberty places limitations on the freedom that allows human beings to form opinions and express such views without restrictions or prejudice. He explicitly professes his belief in autonomy unless a person indicates a motive that places others in danger and asserts that people are well aware that actions shouldn't be as free as opinions1. Consequently, opinions lose protection, when the circumstances and the manner in which they are expressed in constitute an…

Does Locke's concern with protection of property as one of the central purposes of civil society contradict his work in defense of universal human right. John Locke was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. “The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter,” John Locke. John Locke influenced the…

Prior to the Enlightenment the majority of European countries were under the rule of monarchies and countrymen had very little say on how their lives were spent. However, thinkers like John Locke began to challenge traditional governments and to inspire people to view themselves as key players in the world they lived in. In his treatise “Of Civil Government”, Lock describes man as “the absolute lord of his own person and possessions, equal to the greatest and subject to nobody” (Fiero, 101).…