On Liberty

funded piece of architecture completely contrasted the rebellious and symbolic painting of rebellion shown in Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the people. Liberty represents the entirety of a country and its oppression…

Thomas Paine’s “Liberty Tree” printed in July 1775 truly emphasized that the colonies in America were seeking independence to have control of their own land. Although the Liberty Tree was an actual tree, it symbolized the increasing desire and determination of the colonies to be free and independent from England. Since Liberty Tree was planted once the English arrived in America for colonization, as time progressed, colonists were attracted to the symbolic freedom that this tree possessed.…

Liberty for all, the idea of it is enough to rally the masses to fight to gain it. This idea was the whole basis behind the American Revolution, best put by Thomas Jefferson with “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” While this idea seems simple enough to achieve, first the Americans would have to successfully defeat their…

Citizens’ Liberty can be Reasonably Justified Rawls accepts that in a politically liberal society there will be circumstances where certain liberties conflict; indeed, he expects this to be the case, since it is entailed by the fact of reasonable pluralism of comprehensive doctrines that political liberalism assumes . However, Rawls is clear that infringements of basic liberties cannot be reasonably justified, or compensated for, by greater social and economic advantages . The basic liberties…

Freedom and liberty had many different meanings in American Revolution. During the war, freedom and liberty were desired by everyone but in various ways. The patriots, the loyalists, and the slaves all had different views on freedom. Freedom meant having no changes or going back to the days where there was no rebellion to loyalists like Mr. Lockton. Mr. Lockton defines freedom as having wealth and property while having the King rule the colonies without a rebellion. Patriots might define…

From war to escape to rising above your government, the fight for freedom is everywhere. The short stories Sniper, Liberty, and Harrison Bergeron the authors use similar and different literary elements to show branches of this theme. Using the similarities and differences between the theme, conflict, and setting one can compare and contrast these three texts. Sniper, Liberty, and Harrison Bergeron all have themes similar to “the fight for freedom is everywhere,”. In Sniper the main character is…

Comparing Rousseau and Mill on Liberty In this essay, I would like to contrast and compare the concept of liberty in Jean Jacques Rousseau's “the Social Contract Theory”, which was written in 1762 and J.S. Mill's On liberty, which was written in 1859. In a fact, the authors were born different century and also, had different ideas. They were successfully influence the society by sharing their ideas. In the writings, both Rousseau and Mill mainly discourses about the relationship…

“Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” In 1776, the colonist of America fought and gained their freedom from the monarchical British Parliament. As a result, the leaders of the revolution created The Declaration of Independence which would protect the rights of the people and increase quality of life. This was originated by the founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin which of who were heavily influenced by western philosophy. The 10 amendments were created to…

A landmark building with meaningful history that dates back to the Revolutionary War, the Liberty Tree Lofts is located in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood at 630 Washington Street. Standing at five stories tall, it boasts a square footage of 52,000 square feet that is divided between simple residential suites on the top three floors and valuable retail space on the ground levels. Having a total of 40 units, the third floor hosts an assortment of large studio-style apartments for individuals who…

Why America Is Losing It’s Liberties And What We Can Do About It. “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Abraham Lincoln There was a time when the tyrants that America fought to vanquish were easy to identify. They wore crowns, held titles and commanded armies. The threat was real and our objective was clear; if we were to ever win our freedom, we had to rebel, we had to shake off their chains and…