Paper instructions:
PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING THOROUGHLY
PAGE 1)
What is the distinction between negative and positive liberty? What are the main arguments for each?
Discuss some of the arguments, both pro and con, on the issue of limiting the concentration of wealth.
What is the traditional justification for property rights (as given by John Locke)”LOOK UP”? What are some traditional objections to that account?
? One of the great American slogans is that the U.S. is a land of “equal opportunity.” What changes would be required in American society in order to make that slogan true?
? Describe IN DETAIL the essential conditions for a country to be a genuine democracy.
PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING THOROUGHLY
PAGE 1)
What is the distinction between negative and positive liberty? What are the main arguments for each?
Discuss some of the arguments, both pro and con, on the issue of limiting the concentration of wealth.
What is the traditional justification for property rights (as given by John Locke)”LOOK UP”? What are some traditional objections to that account?
? One of the great American slogans is that the U.S. is a land of “equal opportunity.” What changes would be required in American society in order to make that slogan true?
? Describe IN DETAIL the essential conditions for a country to be a genuine democracy.
PAGE 2)
Give five people the following list. Ask them which of the following items, if any, should not be protected under the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of freedom of speech. Ask them to justify their answers.
1. Prayer in public schools
2. Expressing the opinion in public that an unpopular president should be assassinated.
3. Burning the country’s flag as a political protest.
4. Advocating the overthrow of the government.
5. Expressing hate speech in the public toward a particular racial group.
6. Distributing pornography to adults.
7. Shouting “fire” in a crowded theatre as a joke.
8. Publishing sensational lies about a movie star in a Hollywood gossip magazine.
9. Publicly proclaiming that all religions are fraudulent.
After gathering the answers, decide which views would conform most closely to Mill’s principle “LOOK UP”on personal liberty and which forms of public expression Mill would not allow.
1. Prayer in public schools
2. Expressing the opinion in public that an unpopular president should be assassinated.
3. Burning the country’s flag as a political protest.
4. Advocating the overthrow of the government.
5. Expressing hate speech in the public toward a particular racial group.
6. Distributing pornography to adults.
7. Shouting “fire” in a crowded theatre as a joke.
8. Publishing sensational lies about a movie star in a Hollywood gossip magazine.
9. Publicly proclaiming that all religions are fraudulent.
After gathering the answers, decide which views would conform most closely to Mill’s principle “LOOK UP”on personal liberty and which forms of public expression Mill would not allow.
