Liberty

In this essay, I argue that John Stuart Mill and John Rawls make stronger arguments as liberal thinkers than Carl Schmitt does in his defense of state authority because they do not rely on theology in their works. With interest in Mill’s “On Liberty” and Rawls’s “A Theory of Justice,” it is impossible to ignore the liberal stand they take and the opposing views that Carl Schmitt takes in both “The Concept of the Political” and “The Age of Neutralizations and Depoliticizations.” According to…

same rights elevate the collective good of a society as a whole? Although seemingly paradoxical in nature, the “enforcement of restraints”(7) complements John Stuart Mill’s major principles of moral human behavior, in such a way that the balance of liberty versus authority shifts in a direction favorable to human progression. In essence, a liberal society is one in which the will of the people is safeguarded by the larger powers at hand; with limitations placed conservatively so as not to…

liberalism and modern conservatism are both incomplete without one another. Both groups carry a unique quality that can bring society together and completes the society. Modern conservatism leans more towards the economy as modern liberalism aids liberty. For instance, without modern liberalism we would not be able to understand that “the government must protect individuals from the inequities of modern society and correct the injustices and failures of “free-market” capitalism including…

should attempt to help the welfare of its people. Mill saw the problem with government and realized the change he wanted to see. Mill explain that because government is now responsible for people, the majority of society could use government to deny liberty to the minority or those who opposing views. This is a beneficial ideology to society because it will promote welfare to help people overcome obstacles. It is human nature to naturally be evil and we must have government to maintain and…

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…

Classical Liberalism is based on the belief of liberty, whether giving slaves their rights as a person or giving women the same rights as men have. It actually is defined as valuing individuals freedom, such as their first amendment freedom of speech, press, religion, and assembly. The 1800’s were when classical liberalism started to make things happen, but in the 1900’s were pretty much when they useless because of The Great Depression and The World Wars. Apparently, it was also the founding…

Rousseau begins his argument on the conception of freedom that goes contradictory to that of Mill. In this sense, he suggests that society must undergo a transformation or transition from the natural state to the civil state society, and that this society may be considered both free and subject to some legitimate form of political authority. Rousseau believes that this political authority is not found in the natural state, which he considers limited only by the power of natural superiority or…

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…

philosophical influences on modern-day American libertarianism. However, Locke and Marx do not speak on all of the same issues and also have different perspectives on the applications of their proposed ideology itself. In general, Mill emphasizes civil liberties but accepts government intervention for the sake of benefiting social welfare, while Locke only desires absolutely essential government involvement in all aspects of policy. Consequently, both founders would hold differing views on many…

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…