9/21/2023 0 Comments Liberty dom definition![]() The classic example of a societal choice in America that restricts “liberty” to some but give it to others is segregation. Virtually every argument that invokes “liberty” has some degree of exchange involved in it. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.” “The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Due to the tradeoff inherent in granting liberty to one side, society must decide which group’s liberty should be protected at the expense of the other. Giving a type of liberty to one party has been shown to, at times, infringe upon the “liberties” of other parties. The second, and most significant, flaw inherent to invoking liberty in an argument is that people of differing opinions often disagree upon where one person’s personal liberty ends and the rights of others begin. One side defines liberty as the ability to control one’s own actions regardless of others in society’s views while the other side defines liberty as the ability of children to receive a good education regardless of their family background either position is arguable under the definition of “liberty” that is presented to the other, but at the same time, the concept of “liberty” means two completely different things. ![]() Those who are against non-traditional education seek to “liberate” children from the untenable situation where they are not receiving a proper education, often with severe future consequences. Parent who do not wish to enroll their children in public or private schools demand the “liberty” to make choices for their children and their family. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things called by the same name liberty.”Įxamples of where the different definitions of liberty can create difficult situation are common in our society one example of different definition of liberty clashing is the debate over “home-schooling” or “un-schooling”. With some the word liberty means for each man to do as he pleases with himself and the product of his labor while with others the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the products of other men’s labor. “We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word, we do not all mean the same thing. In addition to these two definitions of “liberty” we encounter dozens of different definitional permutations that people of various viewpoints hold to be true as nobody can accurately quantify the meaning of the term “liberty” many arguments that are based upon personal liberties are not easy to reconcile when they are made from different viewpoints Other people hold that liberty is the freedom to live in a society with the guarantee of vital services and rights. Some people believe that liberty is the ability to have absolute control over your own actions, as well as their corresponding consequences, and no responsibility for the actions of others. ![]() The first flaw in invoking liberty in an argument is that there is no set definition as to what liberty actually consists of when put into practice. ![]() “Liberty” often has a different definition based upon the political system or even personal political party affiliation within a single political system. Unfortunately, there are two fundamental flaws to the invocation of “liberty” in an argument that often cause different points of view to be difficult to reconcile. With such a commonly used argument, one would think that there would be a reasonably high level of consistency in the definitions of the concepts used in the arguments. In politics and in debates over social issues, we often encounter the word “liberty”, or “individual rights” in reference to arguments over what society should regulate and what it has no right to decide on. ![]()
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