Individual Freedom and Civil Society

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Krishnaa said:   1 decade ago
Parents give freedom to their child in certain limit as they know that what is good and what is bad for their child. In similar way freedom doesn't mean that one should do whatever he likes he must be bond by rules and regulation set by constitution.

In current world, definition of freedom changes country to country and even within parts of the country, woman enjoys less freedom as compared to man, why so? Isn't she a human being.

Individual freedom rights and duties for society go hand in hand. It should be balanced and same for man and woman. Then and only then it will be justice to all.
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Andydp1982 said:   1 decade ago
Freedom is not possible for all members of a monetary society and for that reason the capital-based economy should be replaced by a resource-based economy. The reason is simple: without money I can't go where I want to go. The amount of Freedom I have is dependent upon how much money I have. Therefore, only the rich are truly free. Freedom should allow me to go and do whatever I want, but only if I don't have to exploit someone else to do so. For more info please research anarcho-communism.
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Sreerenjini said:   1 decade ago
To me all should have the right to individual freedom. Though India is a democratic country many of the illiterate people does not have the right to think individually as they do not possess education. At first every citizen of India should be educated atleast upto their elementary education. If they are not educated like today, in future also they will be cheated by greedy and cruel people. Anyway if all are literate everyone will be having the courage to raise their voice against exploitations. Thus right to freedom and speech should be applicable to every citizen of India. !
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Sreerenjini said:   1 decade ago
According to me, individual freedom should be applicable to one and one citizen of India. Though India is a democratic country, many citizen are not having the right to take decisions themselves. This is because many of them are not educated. As per this reason they are cheated oftenly by listening the words of greedy and cruel people. According to me all should be literate at least up to their elementary education. All should have the courage to raise their voice against exploitations.
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Naina said:   1 decade ago
In my opinion I think everything which we have done should be I proper manner. Government have made some rules for only to maintain the civil society that is one of the most imp thing to maintain or balanced the society. For eg. If we give the individual freedom to a child it could be dangerous fr him so that we should learn him first the rules to secure himself and automatically it will help to improve the civil society that is imp.
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Manish verma said:   1 decade ago
In my opinion, god has given the right to every people to live their life with freedom.

We are living in 21st century. So there is no right of one's on other. Individual's freedom is valid for every person. But if we have to live in a society then we have to care about the society. Then there seems to be a person in society like secretary who care all about the society.
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Harshika said:   1 decade ago
Individual freedom means freedom given to everyone in respect of rights, duties and socialism whereas civil society means that person should be literate enough to understand each and every person's viewpoint. Individual freedom maintains the stamina for each person to enjoy each and every rights given to them by government whereas in civil society bureaucrats tends to maximize their influence on them through their powers and money.
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Arunesh said:   1 decade ago
One might say that freedom might be misused by people in wrong ways but I firmly believe that corrupt government that follows unethical policies like bribery and nepotism and every level, nobody can really blame the citizens for the way they have turned out.
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Preeti said:   1 decade ago
Individual freedom is must as it is our birth right. Without freedom we won't be able to take any initiative and cannot be creative which is important for the development of self and one should understand what is right freedom for development of self and towards society is.

On the other hand being in a civil society one should know his responsibility and duties towards it. If individuals have their freedom with them they can be be responsible towards civil society in many positive ways.
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Shakthi said:   1 decade ago
One might say that freedom might be misused by people in wrong ways, but I firmly believe that with a corrupt government that follows unethical policies like bribery and nepotism at every level, nobody can really blame the citizens for the way they've turned out.

When the sole ruling power of a country/state which is the government, is completely misusing its power, how can one expect ethics and values from ordinary citizens who will only emulate the kind of example set to them? Hasn't anyone considered the fact that the government itself is a clear case of freedom gone awry?

The best solution to this problem is to:

1. First rid India's government of corruption - to root out all the crap that had been overshadowing our potential all these years - and put in its place, a new government filled with people who will set a worthy example for the rest of the country.

2. Give every individual the freedom that is his birthright and eliminate all traces of bias and discrimination in giving only certain sections of society some privileges and concessions, and establishing equality among all.

3. And most important of all, TEACH the people to USE the freedom in a befitting manner (i.e) to not take undue advantage of it and exploit it shamelessly, but to use it in a responsibly and maturely, for since a great person once said "With great power, comes great responsibility".

The entire crux of the plan depends on the ability of the government to make the people realize that freedom has to be used in a socially acceptable way and when that stage has been successfully achieved, we can hope to build an India that is every bit as glorious and filled with splendor as it was before those white-skinned bastards came and looted the whole lot away.
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