Instruction
Wk8 Disc Provide a description of the societal issue you selected. Then explain how and why the issue represents an infringement on peoples liberty, using information you have learned about liberty and its relationship to personal freedom. Finally, describe what factors you would consider when determining how to address liberty infringements. Provide specific examples and cite your references.
Review the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry `Positive and Negative Liberty.` Pay particular attention to the positive and negative aspects of liberty.
Reflect on recent events in the news chronicling issues dealing with liberty.
Select a specific example of a societal issue that you are aware of from your own experience or from the media to which the concept of liberty may be applied.
Consider how the issue represents an infringement of peoples liberty.
Think about what factors you would consider when determining how to address the liberty infringements in your issue.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Positive and Negative Liberty
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/liberty-positive-negative/
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Liberalism
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/liberalism/