Essays on Liberty

Introduction

The Boston museum of Fine Arts has a large collection of objects that have different historical relevancies. Most of the objects have similar characteristics as far as texture and composition are concerned. However, individual differences in aspects such as the spatial illusion they portray and the color they have makes the objects unique. Over the years, the museum has done a great work in collecting different objects from different artists in order for them to be stored. This paper will analyze two objects from the museum: Sons of Liberty Bowl and the sugar box. Important to note is the Continue reading...

Learning how to study and understand great art provide one with a remarkable prosperity of great artistic works. Accordingly, an artist’s visual language and the ability to read helps in opening up new ways of seeing enabling one to comprehend the unfolding of history and historical events. Ultimately, art helps to reveal the human experiences in all their lively emotional and dynamic existence. In short, the ability to demystify imagery as well as the motives of art enables one to understand historical events and to challenge the contemporary arrangements.
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Introduction

Civil liberties are the freedoms and guarantees that the government cannot limit to an individual, either by law or judicial interpretation. Such civil liberties are; freedom from forced labor and slavery, freedom from torture and death, and so on. Many contemporary states have constitutional documents and bill of rights that function to warrant civil liberties. Some laws have been enacted by different countries using different legal means like ratifying and signing or address some controversial civil liberties. Controversial examples include; reproductive rights, property rights, civil marriage and rights to possess and bear arms.
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U.S. History

The reason why the United States entered the First World War is justifiable. At first, the United States had pledged to be neutral; however, it later changed its stand when German mines destroyed and sunk several American ships that were travelling to Britain. The tension between Germany and the United States arose over Germany’s segregation of the Isles of Britain. Britain was one of the closest trading partners of the United States. In 1915, the Germans declared an unhampered warfare against all vessels and ships, whether neutral or not, that entered the war zones around Britain. Continue reading...

The Constitution rests on a proposition of all constitutional governments through the definition of limited governments. It adds that constitutions are legal and not simply political limitations to the government. There are considerations by various anti-thesis on the arbitrary rule. The contrary imagery to this is despotic government for which the government depends on willingness above law. As the constitution declares all men equal, what is the connection between equality, liberty and happiness? Liberty and equality are incompatible concepts that tend to conflict at most times. Liberty means being free from interference and this is what has driven liberalism Continue reading...

The right to privacy can be limited for security purposes. For instance, a prisoner does not have a right to toilet doors which can be locked from the inside (Citizens Information 1). The decisions of the Court have established that prison officers can properly monitor as well as record conversations of prisoners provided that the prisoner and his or her visitor have been cautioned that this will be carried out (The Free Dictionary 1).
According to John (1), in prison, there is deprivation of security. When imprisoned, a prisoner is placed into prolonged closeness with other convicts who in Continue reading...

Describe Place

The New York City is magical. It is described as the most populated city in America. The city is divided into five boroughs namely: Brooklyn, Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. There are various landmarks available within the city that attracts millions of foreign and domestic tourists. Some of the great marvels in New York include the statue of liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, the world trade center (now called the ground zero) and other numerous multistory buildings. An experience in the New York City is like a fairytale. An example of just what New York has to offer is Continue reading...

Introduction

Traditionally, colleges follow a top to bottom strategy, where all the major curricular planning takes place at a leadership level. Even there are myriad educational institutes, where the liberty of choosing the subjects is limited. On the other side, there are many upcoming educational institutions, where student-let curriculum is an emerging phenomenon. With excellent educational system in United States and United Kingdom, the educational planners are still concerned with high percentage of dropouts in the first year of university that is 25% in United States and 11% in United Kingdom (Yorke & Longden 2006, 16). This scenario causes immense problems Continue reading...

How Did Religion Influence Early U.S. History
A value of knowing the origin of nations helps to understand their social orders and laws. America is the only nation in which the starting point of a great person has been vividly observed. This is so because the growth of nations bears some marks of their origin. The situations that followed their birth and contributed to their development affect the nation. On evaluating the elements of state and the oldest monuments of American history, one can discover the prejudices, the habits and the ruling, which constitute the national character. This explains Continue reading...

Write about some of the new ideals that came out of the Revolution, and describe how they are represented in these new styles. What points did the artists and architects wish to make? 
The American Revolution was an important event which changed the views of artists and architects especially in the way they portrayed events and newly found liberties. There was an emphasis on liberty, equality and fraternity so artists such as Jacques Louis David focused upon legendary events dating back to Greek and Roman times where the rights of man had been viewed as sacrosanct.
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Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is one of the most important American short stories. Set during the American Civil War, it narrates the tale of a Southerner who is hung for treason after trying to go against the Union. Throughout the whole tale, this character, Farquhar Peyton, is seen longing for liberty as he is alienated to Southern aspirations, which serves as a sharp counterpoint to the situation of slaves in the Confederate States.
One of the main motifs of the story is the main character’s yearning for freedom. From the beginning paragraph, Farquhar’s Continue reading...

Introduction

The term freedom has been used in many epochs and places to determine a condition under which an individual sees himself constrained or not to act in certain way. It is both a philosophical and a political concept, as it can be used to define a condition of the self, or a set of rules and conditions under which an individual or collection of individuals will act. The first part of this paper will discuss the origin and definitions of liberty, the second part will deal with the two modern conceptions of liberty, and the third part will analyze Continue reading...

Image analysis

Images in art and architecture are important in that they carry message. Interpretation of images is an important skill to posses in the field of art and architecture. Image interpretation therefore is a fundamental component of decoding the meaning of images. Artists in the creating of their works employ various features in their work of art to create the desired effect on the person interacting with the image. These features give the image its interpretive value. In interpretive analysis, a determination is made on the elements of the drawing more represented than the others are. Such aspects include the Continue reading...

Although both Mill and Marks associate great value to liberty and freedom, both philosophers have a very opposing notion of liberty. To say that both these philosophers have very similar views on liberty is not a correct assessment. A close scrutiny of their works would depict that in essence Marx and Mills hold very different views with regards to the individual liberty and the role of society in this regard. While Marx believes that a total conformity to communist norms is the true liberty, Mills contends that the freedom of nonconformity is the only way to ensure an individual’ Continue reading...

Michael Moore believes that while it maybe morally wrong to ingest drugs, that a general principle of liberty should allow free citizens the political liberty to ingest them for recreational purposes. He believes this because he believes the freedom to harm oneself (using recreational drugs) is of a higher order than politically restricting that liberty to do so. He shows historically how t a general principle of liberty is elusive since “Anything that could be called a general right to liberty has proved elusive to the considerable number of philosophers who have pursue it” (Moore, 82). Moore distinguishes between Continue reading...

Introduction

The American Africans were entitled to slave since 1619 when the first black slaves were introduced in North America to help with the production of crops such as tobacco. Throughout the American colonies, slavery was practiced, and the black Americans were used to help build the economic foundation of the country. However, after the agricultural decline, the African Americans were seen to have no economic benefit to the farmers. Consequently, they engaged into other economic benefits that shaped the northern economy. For instance, when the geography and climate affected the agricultural activities in the northern colonies, slaves engaged into Continue reading...

Integrating Ideologies Essay

Introduction
Ideology is defined as the system in, which there are sets of ideas and vision of beliefs that people have or have interest on especially in the political arena (Hawkes). Ideologies have a profound impact on the way we see the world and prioritize our lives. They can also be extremely divisive and create a great deal of conflict between people and communities with different belief systems. There are different traditional ideology such as republican, democratic, libertarian and socialist. These ideologists are what are making people to make some certain decisions.

The libertarians believe in liberty in that Continue reading...

INTERNATIONAL 4- 8818: why are you talking to Liberty 5- 3000? You know doing that is wrong and it might cost you your life?
EQULITY 7- 2521: Not until you get this feeling that I have about her will you understand me. I have never felt like this before and I know she has awakened a certain desire in me that I have never imagined of before.
INTERNATIONAL 4-8818: but you know nothing is supposed to go on between her and you, at least according to the rules?
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English

The poem is about the statue of liberty and the major theme of the poem is how the statue of liberty acts as the benevolent empress and the mother to the exiles. The main theme is to welcome the immigrants through the lips of the mighty women guarding the golden gates and to present America as the Promised Land and to depict American dream as worth migrating and striving for. The poem starts with the following significant words, “Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame”. The beginning of the poem clarifies that this Colossus is not a continuation Continue reading...

INTERNATIONAL 4-8818: What are you going to do about Liberty 5- 3000? You know you are not supposed to talk to her in the first place. It is forbidden for anything to go on between her and you.
EQUALITY 7- 2521: You may never understand my position because you have never felt like I am feeling right now. In the event that Liberty 5- 3000 and I are caught, too bad, but I will take responsibility.

INTERNATIONAL 4-8818: I fear for your lives in as much as you do not seem to realize that.

EQUALITY 7- 2521: I know but in the event that we are caught, I will take full responsibility of my actions.
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Personal Liberties

Liberty is the free will of an individual to conduct themselves in a manner most appropriate to them, without interference from any other person, body or thing. It can also be said to be the freedom of a person. Liberty is not only concerned with the bill of rights, but the freedoms someone enjoys in their day to day life. “Liberty is another way to say freedoms. What are your freedoms or liberties? Please do not go running off to the Bill of Rights. I mean what your liberties are. Since you all are college students I guess that Continue reading...

The abolition of slavery in the 1865 became one of the most significant events of the whole US’ history. Right after the Civil War, government adopted the Thirteen Amendment of the Constitution that abolished the slavery in every state of America forever. And although the corresponding law was an inevitable and obvious step towards the formation of the developed democratic nation, the debate over the slavery has been lasting during the first half of the 19th century. The confrontation between the South and the North in the issues of slavery and liberty became rather serious and involved the political Continue reading...

Democracy is, indeed, killing America as a democracy does not necessarily provide liberty or any other sort of freedom. It only provides control for a group of people that are elite in contrast to the general population and rather than elections or other electoral platforms are held to fulfil government selections for the people, my opinion is that such platforms are held to select government goals instead and these goals, like any other, hold interests of the elite, not the general public. My opinion is that the liberty is needed for democracy, but democracy is never needed for liberty.
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Q1: Is there a tension between liberty and morality? Explain

Liberty is the name of freedom. It is about living a free life without any external pressure or force. It ensures that one person's rights and freedom shouldn't interrupt and interfere with the rights and freedoms of another person. Here whatever the actions of any person are like moral or immoral. Liberty does not enforce someone to be good or moral in behaviors. However the morality is a bit different from liberty in sense of realizing your actions’ impact on other. Morality is about not harming anyone. There is also liberty in picking up the morality. Morality is voluntary Continue reading...

The right to liberty is a basic tenet of many modern western societies. The United States constitution is written in order to ensure individual freedom. Yet words on paper only go so far. Despite the constitution ensuring people “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” the society once allowed slavery, and in recent history civil rights groups had to fight a bitter battle in order to allow people of color equal rights. My own definition of liberty is two parts. It includes both internal freedom of thought, and also external freedom to determine one’s destiny. In the essay, Continue reading...

States governments are through legislations, responsible for various individuals’ rights and freedoms. Over the years, individual liberty has been a topic of discussion among many state governments around the globe. Individual liberty is described as the freedom of citizens of a particular state to conduct various activities without interference from the government. The state government, usually, has less or no power over the individuals’ conduct and behavior. Individuals under democratic governments, usually, have and enjoy varied social, political, and economic liberties in their undertakings. By contrast, some state governments have a complete control over individual liberties. The concept of Continue reading...

John Stuart Mill was a great political thinker who lived in the 19th century. His contributions in the political world of his time were well documented and formed a great part of political movements during his times. J.S. Mill lived at a time when the world was undergoing several changes brought about by the effects of industrialization. The emergence of the middle class people brought about several changes politically making it difficult for industrialization to continue. J.S. Mill was born of James Mill a Utilitarian thinker in 1806. His father raised him with proper education in a controlled environment. Continue reading...

Does market Democracy offer an attractive reconciliation between Classical Liberalism and High Liberalism?

A market democracy is also known as democratic capitalism or capitalist democracy. This is defined as a social, political and economic system that is a tripartite kind of arrangement. It is an economy that is market and democratically based. Here, the government gives economic incentives through fiscal policies and free markets. On the other hand, classical liberalism is defined as an ideology and philosophy that belongs to the liberalism school of thought. It emphasizes secure freedom of individuals that has a limited kind of government. In this kind of liberalism, the government does not have much power or control. Continue reading...

The expression, "life, liberty and pursuit of happiness" is found in the assertion of Independence which says "we hold these truths to be undeniable, that all men are made equivalent, that they are blessed by their inventor with certain questionable Rights that around these are Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness and Life." (Thomas, 2005) These words are not only very powerful words but also help in the establishment of any platform upon which all democratic societies can be built; not only that of the United States.
In these Rights then comes a feature of responsibility. We should ask ourselves what Continue reading...

Frederic- Auguste Bartholdi was a young French sculptor who designed the famous statue of Liberty. Although it was constructed in Paris in 1884, it was sent to the New York City using 214 crates. The statue itself is fifteen feet tall but it is 305-meter tall including the pedestal. It weighs 225 tons and is popularly known as Liberty Enlightening the World.
The statue of liberty is a lot more than a mere piece of art. It represents sense of freedom, independence, and opportunity. The crown of the statue has seven spikes symbolizing that liberty should not only spread Continue reading...

Describe two artworks you have seen in person

Michelangelo’s David has often been termed as one of art-history’s most remarkable masterpieces. It is a depiction of David before the battle with Goliath. Numerous visitors from all over the world have travelled to Florence to experience the 500-year-old sculpture. Undoubtedly, the sculpture holds timeless appeal. David was sculpted in 1501 from a block of leftover marble. The sculpture is an oddity in that the upper body and head are not in proportion with the rest of the body. This is unlike the Renaissance age and style of art which embodied an obsession with harmony of proportion Continue reading...

Philosophy

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Medical paternalism is a medical conduct that gives medical personnel immense authority and power as far as the treatment of patients is concerned. The following essay looks at medical paternalism and whether it is a valid medical practice or completely uncalled for.
Medical paternalism is a principle that gives medical personnel certain powers and liberties. Medical paternalism is the frame of thought that the medical personnel can withhold certain information from the patient or even forcefully administer certain forms of treatment and medication contrary to the wishes of the patient. The main argument behind medical paternalism is Continue reading...

Introduction

A refection on the American History depicts a number of milestones that are worth emulating. Of immense significance is the mid-19th century when various issues aligned with idealism were realized. Precisely, this period was characterised by an immense rise in civil rights movements, which advocated for the plight of the segregated populations. In fact, this period marked an immense rise in idealism, which was of immense benefit to the American populations at large. This can accredited to the fact that idealism marked the end of all forms of segregation levied against the minority populations such as women and African Continue reading...

PART A

Whether or not the right to liberty should be protected and observed at the time of death is a matter of debate. Philosophically speaking, right to liberty at the time of death ought to be upheld because the ultimate quality differentiating human beings from animals is the capacity to make decisions. Right to liberty is essentially the right to make decisions. The debate revolving around the right to liberty is the foundation for the concept of The Legal Right to Die (Palmer 87). Over the years, various decisions have been made with regard to the legal right to die. Continue reading...

‘The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner’s Semester at America’s Holiest University’ is a famous book written by Kevin Roose. The book is very informative and author presents a realistic portrayal about what he learnt in America’s holiest university. This paper intends to discuss the book and also delves deep into the book to find out how the author manages his identity in the college.
Kevin was born in an ultra liberal and secular family where religion used to matter least. His parents are broad minded and modern. Further he was educated at an educational institute that was Continue reading...

In America, English colonists were part of the group that advanced slavery in the regions. For a long time in the 17th century, the economy of the southern and northern American depended on slavery because those African that were captured worked in the plantations as laborers. This means that advance of slavery became as important as that of liberty in the American political systems. By the 18th century, the quest for liberty by the enslaved rose and this ultimately led to the most popular American Revolution (Foner 129-133). The American colonists got an idea of the bad treatment to Continue reading...

History

Napoleon was a betrayer of the revolution who was overcame by personal ambition that he forgot the main principle of the revolution which was liberty and equality.
The French revolution began in 1789 when the peasants felt irritated and betrayed and decided to take action against the oppressive government. After ten years of war, Napoleon Bonaparte began his liberation for France however, his liberation turned to be a dictatorial government which he aimed to rule over Europe.
The French revolution was meant to bring equality to the people. However its turn to dictatorship by one general napoleon Bonaparte was Continue reading...

Forensic Psychology

The term ‘forensic’ has been used in many fields of study that it could possibly confuse any person without a keen interest to understand what it really means. From TV documentaries, to fictional films, and novels, the possible number of times we are likely to encounter this term is overwhelming. Forensic sciences are numerous leading to a myriad of professions; there is forensic anthropology, forensic pathology, forensic engineering, and forensic linguistics, just to name a few. Forensic as a concept would refer to anything pertaining to law and would ideally be used in court to realize the ends of Continue reading...

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and John Locke (1632-1704) lived during the Pre-Enlightenment period. However, their philosophies influence and in fact introduced the Enlightenment period. This refers to a period of reason in which man was to think logically in arriving at a decision. The two philosophers influenced the thought process especially in the field of law. This paper shall compare and contrast the ideologies of the two Englishmen. It is essential to appreciate at this point that Thomas Hobbes preceded John Locke and that the two had the same leanings in thought save for the few deviations which shall be Continue reading...

English

The focus of this week’s readings shall deal with the standpoint of Hume in differentiating civil liberty in both the republican government and monarchies. He argued that civil liberty in its republican sense can lead towards the greater enjoyment effortlessly by majority of civilized governments and European monarchies. Liberty refers to the security of a nation under a system of general laws. This can be illustrated on the basis of his personal observation that in order to achieve liberty in politics, the government should be free and to improve for the better in terms of the managing foreign Continue reading...