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    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…

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    Realism In World Politics

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    develop into something better (Baylis et Al,2014: 4). “Realism is mostly concerned with questions of order justice and change at the domestic, regional and international levels” (Lebow, 2016: 35), unlike liberalism which is mainly focused on ideas on liberty and equality. (McLean and McMillian,2009) There are different types of realism and liberalism as well. Two major types of liberalism are classical liberalism and social liberalism. In realism, two major types are classical realism and…

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    One of the main critiques of Hegel in regards to the liberalism view of freedom is that the view of liberalism is only a partial view of freedom. By referring to liberalism as a partial freedom, Hegel is referring to its subjectivity. To Hegel, liberal freedom is a subjective freedom. In other words, it is a negative freedom, it is a system of rights. This is because according to Hegel, freedom is the “the worthiest and the holiest thing in humanity” where the core of freedom lies in free will…

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    LIBERTY This essay is a written accord of the theory of libertarianism, is liberty present in the current state of society, is it necessary to achieve peace or to reach a more enlightened society. How as liberty changed since its first conception, is freedom and liberty correlated or they 2 different concepts with similar ideals. What is liberty? What is freedom? What is independence? Then I ask you, are these necessary for peace, are there necessary for enlightenment. If you never had…

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    independence and self-reliance. Ayn Rand, a Russian-American novelist,a champion of individual rights , in her celebrated works Anthem and The Fountainhead upholds the cause of Individualism manifested in characters like Equality 7-2521,International 4-8818,Liberty 5-3000 and Howard Roark. The bloody dictatorships in Anthem couldn’t alter the very terms in which humans think as to eradicate the vocabulary of individuality.Consequently, main characters, in successive episodes of purposeful…

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    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…

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    In Mill, “On Liberty, “ : - Mill claims that a person should be able to express his or her own Anatomy over themselves/bodies, so as long that it doesn’t effect anybody or anyone else. “( The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way ; . . .)” (Liberty 633). According to the case of “Schloendorff v. New York Hospital” : - Mary Schloendorff had a surgery done on her against her desired wishes to not have one and it ended up damaging part of her body, so…

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    the sole source of knowledge. Fundamental principles of liberalism include the right to liberty and property, as well as other civil rights; equality before the law; government's responsibility and transparency of government. While liberals typically believe that government is necessary to protect individuals from being harmed by others; they also recognize that government itself can pose a threat to liberty. The function of the government is reduced to ensure these protections.…

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    The foundation of a free society, as stated in the Declaration of Independence, is the understanding that all humans are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” This idea is the only true motivation for a society in which the government operates for the protection of its citizens’ freedoms; by protecting and valuing freedom, one admits that man has innate rights and freedoms to protect. This understanding also admits to the existence of a system of justice outside human law,…

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    Liberalism". In the Two Treatises of Government, he defended the claim that men are by nature free and equal against claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch. Locke argued that people have rights, such as the right to life, liberty, and property, which have a foundation independent of the laws of any particular society. However, if a philosopher such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and a revolutionary leader such as Napoleon Bonaparte, would have examined Locke’s…

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