Freedom from Fear

 is freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition.   Freedom of religion and speech are  one of the best things a country can have and also something everyone believes they should  have. Everyone  should be able to say or do anything they want without fear. Also  freedom of press is the right to publish newspapers, magazines, and other printed matter without governmental restriction and subject only to the laws of libel, obscenity, sedition, etc.  ( www.dictionary.com) .   Freedom  of

after the Declaration of Independence in 1776, it was realized that certain rights must be employed for the citizens of America. James Madison insisted that the success of the Declaration hinged on the Bill of Rights to keep American citizens safe from unfair treatment of the Federal Government; in December of 1791 the Bill of Rights was officially added to the Constitution. There were ten amendments added to the Constitution that provide citizens with unalienable rights, such as the right to bear

increased in the New World and native Indians decreased in population, it became evident there was need for an alternative labor source. Following the example of the British and via a treacherous sea voyage, two kinds of labor came to the colonies from Europe and Africa: indentured servants and slaves respectively. Once on land, slaves were the bottom of the food chain and indentured servants slightly higher. “As a Pennsylvania judge explained in 1793, indentured servants occupied a middle rank between

rampant and bombings and shooting are becoming more common. The act of terrorism puts fear into the average person, and American essayist and social critic H.L. Mencken observes this by writing, “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” That concession is certainly true, because in a contemporary society where terrorism reigns American citizens are willing to give up their freedom and rights for the feeling of security. Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, body scans

to them on behalf of himself, his three wives and eight children.” (Achebe, 14). Okonkwo seeks guidance from the Gods so they can receive mirth for his obedience to them. The guidance he looks for shapes him as a character, since he will do anything his Gods ask of him to do. However, other people of the society contain great fear of their deities: “It was deeper and more intimate than the fear of evil and capricious gods…” (13). The people sometimes feared their gods because they feared their gods

advantage over the rights of women, making them feel more dominant and superior to women. This male privilege controls women, preventing them from attaining their freedom. There are many ways that men control women, such as intimidation and violence, which guides men to suppress female power. Moreover, reducing female independence causes women to feel fear and hide from possible resilience towards men, as they are left weak in the hands of men. Through the different ways that men control women, there is

concluded that the action of the school authorities was reasonable because it was based upon their fear of a disturbance from the wearing of the armbands. But, in our system, undifferentiated fear or apprehension of disturbance is not enough to overcome the right to freedom of expression. “ This clearly pointed out that school didn’t have any right to deprive children of their freedom of expression based upon “fear” or

other. Authors Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt explain the fine line between asking a legitimate question or voicing a realistic opinion and trying to be offence or stating a microaggression. They claim that a microaggression can be anything simple from saying “America is the land of the free” to something truly awful like telling an asian person “aren’t you supposed to be good at math”. He bring in some valid points about our country’s “oversensitivity” and it

perspective. He wants people to come together and understand that the violence actually doesn’t come from the words. But would rather ignore words that make people feel uncomfortable. Rauch wants to accomplish a new view where people still have the ability of freedom of speech without hurting others. He explains, though out his essay that pluralism and how it protects and gives different types of people the freedom to challenge orthodox thinking, think imaginatively, experiment boldly. Clarify his reasons

What is freedom? Freedom can mean the state of not being enslaved. Freedom can mean freedom of choice. Freedom can mean the state of being physically unrestricted. Freedom has many definitions and that is why Frederick Douglass or other slaves where able to achieve their definition of freedom while enslaved. In The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, by Frederick Douglas, he gives his account of freedom through his life transformation. The narrative was written with an