strategy
Preserving freedom
Synonyms:
Protecting freedomsUpholding freedom
Ensuring liberty
Assuring freedom
Description:
Having personal, communal or national liberty, i.e. the capacity to choose among a diversity of options.
Claim:
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.
Counter Claim:
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.
Narrower:
Defending free speechAllowing children freedomGuarding political freedomsEnsuring freedom to publishRestoring individual freedomPreserving religious freedomAssuring freedom of the pressEnsuring freedom of immigrationMaintaining 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 propertyProtecting right to freedom from attacks on personal honour and reputationPromoting 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:
Conservation → Conservation Societal Problems → Protection
Type Classification:
B: Basic universal strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
