we're going to debate this in Government sometime this week... so I just wanted to know what differents worldviews had to say about this.
2007-09-10 13:19:02 · 10 answers · asked by with stupid 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
You can have peace and be enslaved.
You can have freedom and be at war.
If you are enslaved and you want freedom, it is likely that you will need to fight.
So peace and freedom are not synonyms. (Naturally, it's best to be free and at peace, but if you look at a large portion of the world, that is not the norm).
2007-09-10 13:26:02 · answer #1 · answered by Yo it's Me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freedom is what you have when you can do what you want without interference from government. Peace is the absence of war. They are neither synonyms nor in opposition to each other.
The only way to have absolute freedom is to have no government, a condition that I think is desirable. I do not think it would be nearly as chaotic as some people think. Strangely, since war is fought only by governments, the only way to have peace is also to have no government.
Hence, anarchy is a way of achieving both ultimate freedom and lasting peace.
2007-09-10 22:05:04 · answer #2 · answered by McNeef 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peace and Freedom ARE NOT synonyms. Synonyms are words that have the same or almost the same meaning. One of the definitions for peace is "free from disputes". Freedom is the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally exposed restraints. The only thing they have in common are that they are both nouns.
2007-09-10 20:35:18 · answer #3 · answered by Lisanne 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ultimate expression of social freedom is anarchy. Anarchy tends to result in violence.
2007-09-10 20:33:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of freedom fighters, but not peace fighters.
2007-09-10 20:32:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
neither synonym nor antonym be...apples and oranges.
The question as it would seem to be posed to you is a leading one as it implies a direct relation.
"Are free trade and taxation, mutually supportive or does taxation directly inhibit free trade?"---see what I mean
2007-09-10 20:29:53 · answer #6 · answered by in pain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Swiss seem to have managed it for several centuries now.
2007-09-10 20:23:52 · answer #7 · answered by Lavrenti Beria 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are oppositions to one another.
2007-09-10 20:27:30 · answer #8 · answered by Shadow Darkrai 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. If you want peace, you should prepare for war. And if you desire freedom, you should prepare to die for it.
2007-09-10 20:25:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Iran will be attacked.
2007-09-10 20:23:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋