Operation Enduring Freedom

By having a voice, it allows ideas and feelings to be shared freely without fear of persecution for having an opinion. Usage of the Work-Out process allows freedom of speech in large group format, everyone’s voice can be heard and some might have better ideas than others. Facilitated by a third party, it allows each employee to be heard and contribute to any improvement to be made. In the end, by having Work-Out…

Racism and hate is alive and well. Racist speech and hateful comments still find its way into people’s lives, especially minorities. Whether people are offended by it or not, it is not morally correct to inflict such hate on another human beings. These types of speech can be found on social media, and television shows, or even local places like in neighborhoods and schools. Today, regulating racist forms of speech and hateful comments everywhere would be nearly impossible. All though, it is…

“Free Speech on Campus” by CQ Researchers readers are given the information about what the controversies concerning how far free speech extend are, how state and federal courts decided on various cases of free speech, traces of history of academic freedom of universities, and what the issues at stake in colleges hosting academic centers sponsored by authoritarian regimes. The controversies concerning how far speech extends according to the articles free…

In the age of the Internet personal liberty in speech and thought needs to be left with as little amount of censoring as possible. We see this increased call for censorship because as a society, you see a greater intolerance for truths that go against other people’s beliefs. Like John Stuart Mill, I believe that by maximizing personal liberty of speech we will create a greater society because we will all be free to discuss our views and hear the ones against us to further develop ideas and…

right of free expression; includes freedom of assembly, press, religion and speech. The organization FIRE “Foundation for Individual Right Education” defends this acts in the academic society across colleges and university nationwide. Academic freedom of thought, speech and fairness has changed drastically thorough out the years. What was acceptable then it’s now viewed with sensitive eyes and ears. Professor Charles Kors says on video Who’s Too Weak to Live with Freedom? “It is a treating of…

Being able to live in the United States is a privilege. The amendments protect the freedoms granted to American citizens. The first amendment is the most profound privilege that some countries do not grant their citizens. Although professors are protected under the first amendment, they have to be careful of what they say in a public setting. If the misrepresent their university, then their job can be at risk. Tenure can be offered to federal judges or professors. A tenure contract is where an…

“Get rid of segregation! Get rid of segregation!” The sound of people protesting can be persuasive and lead to change. Protesting is a way people use their freedom of speech to stand up for or against things they’re passionate about. Peaceful protesting has proven to be successful throughout history. One memorable person who used this method often was Martin Luther King J.r. Luther was a huge leader during the Civil Rights Movement who guided many well-known protests, sit-ins, and marches that…

“The alternative to positive thinking is not, however, despair. In fact, negative thinking can be just as delusional as the positive kind” (195/196). Positive thinking can hurt us, churches, and corporations just like negative thinking can as said by Barbara Ehrenreich in Bright Side: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. I never thought about pessimism as ever having a positive connotation until Mr. Polking asked me about it. Pessimism doesn’t always have a…

Freedom comes with more responsibility and John Stuart Mill discusses the concept of liberty in numerous ways. However, The Harm Principle and freedom of action are two topics of Mill’s substantial opinions regarding to liberty. The Mill's Harm Principle provides individuals with the liberty to express all opinions, and act as one pleases, but unfortunately not enough to maintain a balanced society. Therefore, I disagree with the idea of Harm Principle, due to unable to implement what should be…

Unlimited Possibilities of Free Speech The free right of expressing one’s thought and opinions is very important according to human rights for a country. Everyone might be able to speak and write with freedom, but could be responsible for such extremely negative or dangerous way of using freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is very important part for democratic government and most people because it is the only way the truth can come out. Everybody is different. Everybody has their own opinions,…