strategy
Preserving freedom
Synonyms:
Protecting freedomsUpholding freedom
Ensuring liberty
Assuring freedom
Description:
Having personal, communal or national liberty, [ie] the capacity to choose among a diversity of options. Claim:
1. Faced with death, one has the choice of dying with dignity. Similarly, facing life, one has the option to live fully or as a slaves to institutions and Statist regimes and in the darkness of ignorance and superstition.2. Freedom is the inherent rightful desire of every individual and group, to be balanced only against the common good.
Counter Claim:
1. With the contemporary flood of information, perspectives and possibilities for action, degree of freedom is a function of how much one is able to be responsible for.2. Freedom is so diversely interpreted it is relatively meaningless.
3. On the one hand, unlimited freedom results in the tyranny of individual whims, and on the other hand, most people want guidelines and direction [ie] constraints in order to function effectively.
Broader:
UpholdingProtectingProtecting Narrower:
Defending free speechAllowing children freedomGuarding political freedomsGuarding political freedomsRestoring individual freedomPreserving religious freedomAssuring freedom of the pressAssuring freedom of the pressMaintaining freedom of life styleCampaigning for personal freedomsUpholding significance of libertyRuling on restriction of informationEnsuring freedom for media personnelPermitting holding of private opinionDefining liberties within community orderPreventing excesses in individual behaviourEnsuring right to freedom from arbitrary detentionProtecting right to freedom from arbitrary expulsionEnsuring right to freedom from arbitrary deprivation of propertyEnsuring right to freedom from arbitrary deprivation of propertyPromoting free softwareDefending academic freedomPreserving freedom of association Constrained by:
Restricting freedom of thoughtRestricting commercial transactionsSetting boundaries for citizen liberties Facilitates:
Improving human rightsUsing freedom of expression Facilitated by:
HomesteadingRecognizing essential freedomPromoting international freedom of informationPromoting right to freedom of opinion and expression References:
Hayek, F A: The Road to Serfdom Subjects:
Societal Problems → ProtectionConservation → Conservation
Type Classification:
B: Basic universal strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
