Sons of Liberty

The utmost annoying thing in the world is the girl down the block, *Sally. She is so unkind to everyone, she is a bully. And I’ll gladly give you three reasons why. The first reason, Ever since we moved into the neighborhood *Sally has been nothing but a bully. That’s all she is, she makes *Rosie cry all the time. She invites all the girls on our block, except for *Rosie to her house for a pool party, When all the girls are playing and *Rosie comes over, *Sally says “Ok if *Rosie playing I’m…

from the tree” is a well-known expression that holds true for most father-son relationships. However, in the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini many father son relationships fall apart due to the event of their son following their footsteps not taking place. This is most evident in the relationship between Baba and his two sons, Amir and Hassan. When a child lacks an empathetic fatherly figure and healthy father-son relationship, consequences can arise due to the actions taken to achieve…

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…

Both groups, however, were ultimately attempting to preserve liberty – simply disagreeing on the best method to do so. The Federalist approach believed that a…

The War of Politics: Liberals vs Conservatives Democracy in the United States American is made up of two main political parties, republicans and democrats. The common view of each party breaks down to liberals (Democrats) versus conservatives (Republicans) (Wilson & Dilulio, 2005). Instead of both sides working together to create policies for the greater good of the country, it seems that each side would rather dig their heels in the mud and take a stand that the other should be more like them…

custom. Custom works through people and societies in the form of preferences, whether they be social, political, or religious. However, according to J.S. Mill’s On Liberty, we have a duty to strive towards reason, not simply control others with our likes and dislikes. We accomplish this by following the harm principle. The harm…

classical liberalist conception of liberty, equality and neutrality posed three serious issues pertinent to the minority rights; (i) Liberalism focuses on individuals, thus ignoring group identities and the values individual obtain from them; (ii) Liberal ideal of equal citizenship undermines the ability of groups to determine themselves and to preserve what…

whole and due to the fact that society has permitted smoking it would be hypocritical to deny people of it. Furthermore, denying someone of personal sovereignty will ultimately break the social contract because it is supposed to protect the life, liberty, and property of citizens. Another reason why Locke would not support a ban on smoking during pregnancy is because it does not affect the public good. Not every woman smokes and therefore there will always is some healthy children. However, if…

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…