Liberty Union Party

Arendt’s Freedom and Social Contract of Rousseau Freedom has been defined in many different ways by many different theorists. People in our modern world usually think of freedom as the ability to do what you want and to be treated as an equal to other people. In other words, these people are strong believers that everyone has free will. Not only to do what we want, but to be able to think and speak what we feel as well, without limitation. But the philosopher Hannah Arendt views this idea of…

questions rise about bans and restrictions. When harm becomes involved, the issue of hate speech is often debated. The harm principle is the only purpose for with it is morally legitimate for government or public opinion to interfere with anyone’s liberty of action (including speech) is to prevent harm to others. Hate speech can lead to direct harm; it is important to restrict it. Although freedom of speech is important to the way our society is run, limitations need to be set. Without…

government centered on self-government and individual liberty. The Magna Carta, Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, and the U.S. Bill of Rights initiated…

In a society, man is “denied a liberty to judge of, or defend his right” (L53), meaning that if someone harms him in anyway, an elected (or unelected in some instances) judge serves justice, and that judge is the one who determines the right of the man, not the man himself. Thus, that…

libertas, meaning liberty or freedom. Liberalism is a political philosophy with individual liberty as its core value. Besides, it also emphasize on individual rights as well as the equality of opportunity. The liberal philosophy was developed by John Locke in the late of 17th century. Since the philosophy was derived originally from Locke’s natural rights theory, he was known as the “Father of Liberalism”. The natural rights theory basically means man has the natural right to life, to liberty,…

value after analyzing the influence of war. Joe’s sarcasm towards his life situations allows him to further his discovery of developing basic value over individual liberty. Joe emphasizes the idea of liberty and defines it through the presence of life and the simple perks given to him. As joe loses his sense of life he also loses his liberties as a war veteran citizen but most importantly a human. After Joe relives a terrible war experiences, he slowly begins to define the value of a soldier's…

only way he believed that men were able to be told what to do is if they, by consent, joined another group for community reasons which brought safety and a peaceful living (Locke, pg. 52). The basic rights that Locke believed in were the right of liberty, which meant that you were able to do as you pleased without the interruption of outside sources. In this you had the right to exchange objects, ideas, and beliefs with others, without the fear of being incarcerated or killed. Life was another…

Stuart Mill's takes on a far more political approach in the discussion of human freedom. In his work, On Liberty, Mill focuses on the limits of individuality and the significance of a present minority. Mill first discusses the relationship between liberty and authority. Mill argues that liberty had a changing role when citizens equated liberty to limitations on government. As a result, civil liberty became associated with political rights, specifically the right to self-government. This new…

John Stuart Mill’s ‘Harm Principle’ states that the only limitation that should be placed on the actions of an individual are restrictions preventing harm being done to others. In other words, everyone should be left to do whatever they please as long as their actions do not pose any real harm or risks to others, or infringe upon their rights in any way. According to Mill, “no one should be forcibly prevented from acting in any way he chooses provided his acts are not invasive of the free acts…

p.37) This simply means that an American who respects the value of individualism, federal government spending on the penurious and less fortunate (Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), etc.), personal liberties, and economic liberties will closely relate with the ideology of liberalism.…