2006-10-16 09:39:38 · 19 answers · asked by babyade 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
The Liberty bell does, but liberty, as in freedom - well that is a moot point. In some societies it is absent and in Western society it is regulated. We like to think it exist but in fact we are a self-regulating society. We watch each other and by that gaze we regulate behaviour. Look at fashion - who in their ******* right minds would wear stiletto shoes with really pointed toes...I wince at the thought...but if I want to be seen to be fashionable and hence attractive, I follow like a mindless sheep (actually they don't wear them so maybe they are freer and smarter). Am I free to walk down the street butt naked...nope! Do I have the liberty to enter an public establishment at any time...no. Do I have the freedom of speech that I would like or am I liable to face a sedition charge if I speak against Government policy and practise.
So simply, not in this time and dimension!
2006-10-16 18:14:32 · answer #1 · answered by marimu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liberty changes with the times, because of the state of the world today, we have lost some liberty, which now comes under the name of protection. But we are still the best option in most of the world for liberty.
2006-10-17 03:57:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It exists in its higher form, but if you mean can anybody always do whatever he wants without consequence then that form of "liberty" doesn't generally exist for people who do not have anti-social characteristics (and even for them it only exists for so long until they're caught).
It is the higher form of "liberty" that many people have some trouble understanding.
2006-10-16 09:49:33 · answer #3 · answered by WhiteLilac1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In reality... no. Liberty is a ideal, an impossible goal, what we have is closet thing to true liberty that we're ever going to get. Though it's slipping day by day so enjoy it while it lasts .
2006-10-16 09:53:43 · answer #4 · answered by Kmk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an absolute? No. Liberty is a relative experience and it depends upon what one perceives it to be.
2006-10-16 10:12:11 · answer #5 · answered by docjp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,total freedom= Anarchy.
2006-10-16 09:49:13 · answer #6 · answered by michael k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As in "freedom"? Nah, that died a long time ago. Taking liberties is all that happens now!!!
2006-10-16 09:48:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You were able to write this question without fear of punishment and reprisal? I'd say you were excercising one of the liberties granted to you under the constitution.
2006-10-16 09:48:58 · answer #8 · answered by bardstale 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
of direction it would not...do not be stupid it extremely is a place of aims, of comfortable concepts, of happiness unbounded, of the non-public excitement Or is that Curry? Oh and Frankie is in basic terms a fignment of genuinely every physique's nightmares too !!!
2016-10-16 06:41:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only perfect liberyt in a perfect world otherwise a carefully controlled illusion.
2006-10-16 15:24:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋