Liberty Union Party

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote “Men have looked at themselves and at things so long that they come to esteem the religious, learned and civil institution as guards of property, and they deprecate assaults on these, because they feel them to be assaults on property.” The concept of people judging their own esteem over ownership of property and possessions is very true, and only leads to greed, self-judgment, and the unhappiness of the owner. The main problem that ownership leads to the want for more…

supported are those that benefit the people, i.e. equality, security, etc. Liberals strongly assert the concept of equality, individuality, liberty, and rationality. These four concepts further contributed to liberalism, with the idea that individuals would have the ability to pursue their own conception of the good. (It’s evident that liberalism advocate for liberty and equal rights) The purpose of this paper is to explore Schmitt critique of liberalism, and what makes…

money tells everyone to step down one rung that will drown the bottom man with no employment. This selfishness stems from the principle of self-interest and competition that drives the free economy in classic liberalism. The source was from the labour party that is proposing a change and refuting…

In his seminal work, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, John Locke visits the ideas of power and freedom amongst other fundamental philosophical debates. The primary description of Locke’s views regarding the aforementioned topics is found in Chapter XXI entitled “Of Power”. Locke's language may be difficult to decipher in regards to his criteria for freedom, and the differentiation between freedom and voluntary. In his writing Locke explains what freedom is to him by foremost explaining…

Liberty can be defined as an individual’s power or right to act, think, or speak. We are lucky to grow up in a world where we have just that. We have so many liberties and freedoms where we can express ourselves and ultimately be who we want to be without government interference. Well, not everyone has always been this lucky. When it came to the colonial and new nation time period not every person, of every race, or gender, or religious belief were granted and allowed to experience the same…

William Whaley 14 October 2015 Political Theory On, Experiments of Living One of John Stuart Mill’s biggest contribution through his writings was his idea of the “experiments of living”. Mill made this contribution in his classic 1859 book, On Liberty. By “experiments of living” I believe Mill is saying to live life like a test tube; in Mill’s exact words, “different modes of life should be proved practically”. In other words, the ability to be able to do whatever you want, until it causes…

It’s Our Right, Not Yours The government controls what is supposed to be individual rights without American citizens being fully aware. As a liberalist, Balko strongly believes individual freedoms should be the center focus of the government. He disagrees that the government is doing a good job of sustaining and encouraging a healthier America. His concerns about these issues point toward the idea of fairness because little things like what we eat affect us all. Balko’s argument is that the…

The union usually intervened on laws that impacted civil liberties. One of the biggest cases to represent traditional vs. secular was the case of Tennessee banning the teaching of evolution in institutions. John Scopes battled Tennessee with ACLU by his side. Scopes was a former biologist…

and the ideas produced by it have evolved over time, so has the ideas of liberty and freedom. Intelligent minds continue to debate the topic, and great philosophers of different ages did the same. Take Niccolo Machiavelli, an atheist man whom used satire to criticize the structure of the Republic of Florence in the Italian Renaissance. Machiavelli stood as one who believed that government stood as the mechanism to ensure liberty in some capacity through the involvement of a republic’s people in…

Mill focuses on the concept of a clear distinction between when the authority of society can limit individuality and when there can be “sovereignty of the individual over himself”; however, he also argues the point that control should be given whenever society and the individual have an interest in a particular part of human life (82). Mill rejects the notion of a social contract, which Locke argues for, but due to the protections provided by society, the citizens owe a return for these benefits…