Problem
Trivialization of liberty
Other Names:
Collapsed concept of freedomSimplistic understanding of liberty
Misguided civil libertarianism
Tension between choice and freedom
Nature:
Civil-libertarians protect the right to free choice, but not necessarily equality; strive for liberty rather than liberation. Individual freedom is a problem if not embedded within an ethical context which recognizes the social implications and responsibilities of liberty.
Incidence:
When a feminist activist in the USA, the plaintiff in a lawsuit defending her and other women's right to go shirt-free like men at a public beach, insisted that the legal defence be based upon a women's equal right to go shirt-free rather than a civil-libertarian right to freedom of expression, a host of civil-libertarians who were formerly her backers withdrew support. The woman and 11 other feminists withdrew from the lawsuit rather than let themselves be party to setting a legal precedent based upon values that, in their view, were so often misused by the likes of pornographers and naturist paedophiles against women and children.
Broader Problems:
Over-simplification of social concepts Narrower Problems:
Tensionless image of free choiceFeminist politicization of choiceLegal contract system reduced to individual needs Related Problems:
Unhealthy anxietySituationismDenial of right to libertyUnknowable future patterns of social choice Strategies:
Preserving freedomDeepening understanding of libertyReducing tension between choice and freedomTrivializing libertyUpholding significance of libertyAdvocating civil libertarianism Subject(s):
Government → CivilInformatics, Classification → Classification
Psychology → Stress
Policy-making → Policy
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST