Failure of Freedom (Freedom is not always good)

Failure of Freedom (Freedom is not always good)

Introduction

If we analyze human development over the past 40 years, highlighting the overall progress and local variations in three dimensions Indexes i.e. the Human Development Index (HDI): health, education and income. However, the scope this analysis was incomplete because human development has a range much wider. The empowerment, equity and sustainability are some of the parts intrinsic freedom of people to live lives they have reason to value.

The freedom of speech whether offline or online refers to the right to express the feelings, words and the expressions freely to anyone a person wants to. This right has been awarded to the each individual of the world according to the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights in the article 19 of this act. This right of freedom of speech is also recognized by the international human rights law. This right and law state that each individual in the world has a right to express his or her opinion regarding anything and without interference of others. The only thing that counts is the opinion and its freedom, no matter it happens online or offline. On the other hand, the internet is a vast social network of the interconnected computers and other devices that use worldwide standards for operations. This is the global network of several different networks such as the academic network, organizational, business, governments and private networks. The internet is a useful tool for almost every field in the world but is also a cause of many social crimes with its wrong use. Somehow both the internet and the freedom of speech online connected to each other. This paper would aim to substantiate that the concept of freedom, however understood, is still elusive to the masses. Henceforth, the paper would present a premise that the freedom is not always good. This would be explained both in terms of offline and online aspects of freedom.

Discussion

The role of the Government in Civil Rights Policy

It was for the first time, that he National Government of USA took the major responsibility for defining the policy related to the American's Civil Rights. The Fourteenth Amendment explained in the Constitution signified the importance of equal rights for all the Americans. The Amendment did not allow the states of having any discriminatory attitude towards the citizens of the county on the basis of their racial class. The descriptions made in the Constitution advocated the role of other stakeholders as well in interpreting the clauses of the Constitution. This entire process was given a lot of importance in the upcoming years as well which became the basis for the rule of law and equality of rights. The work then started in the Fifteenth Amendment which further introduced different laws to prevent any sort of discrimination (Heather, 2007).

The Federal Government then also worked on the Reconstruction legislation that also had future implications for the country. This was an important step because it provided an opportunity ...