Liberty
Liberty can be described as a situation devoid of constraints. It can be categorized as both social and interpersonal feeling that can be construed as a condition where a person is free to do something. Notably, individual citizens are not constrained by each other or government in a way that can be interpreted as proactively imposing or aggressive. Thoughtfully, a person may effectively follow a protocol or prescribed code of conduct and in the process, acquire property without proactively imposing anything. Accordingly, liberty demands that people have freedom to the extent of not proactively interfered with in their bodies or tangible property that they own.
Liberty also governs how people live and interact in society because various issues are raised when it comes to interaction. For instance, it may be possible for somebody to buy all the land surrounding a given homestead without letting other people know or let them out. Consequently, can one ask for permission because his or her light bulb shines too brightly and trespasses on to other people’s property? Such problems and issues can be solved through evaluation and thorough analysis of the theory of liberty. The latter may provide for affected people that in situations when there is a clash of proactive impositions, it might be best to follow any rule that will potentially minimize impositions. In the above cases, lesser impositions will entail the right to access one’s land and to have sufficient light without blackouts; these are lesser compared to their opposites.
Most people have viewed other ideological conceptions and perceptions of liberty and have concluded that they are always not about interposal but rather about power, opportunities, self-realization and other discrete things. Persons have repeatedly inquired as to why they have liberties to do whatever they consider right. Reactions have surfaced to propose that there is no systematic clash with human welfare in society. Most explanations have been directed to how liberty operates in charity, free markets, free society, free trade and law. Understanding liberty is instrumental in providing justifications for certain conducts and behaviors. People tend to offer epistemological explanations to support and justify their conduct with respect to economics, autonomy, social contract or natural rights. This means that based on the prevailing situations, end justifies the means as whatever happens to be the latest justifications fashion may anchor liberty.
In America, liberty is mentioned three times in the major instrument of the state. For instance, the term appears in the preamble to the U.S. Constitution where it is stated that “…secure the blessings of liberty…” and in clause of Due Process. However, it has not been well defined, and that is the reason why people must look to common law for its meaning. Consequently, the Fifth Amendment clearly states that no one should “…be deprived of life, liberty and property without due process of substantive law…” Another term, “civil liberties” can be coined, and it protects freedoms and rights guaranteed by the Constitution covering on the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petitions. In most cases, civil liberties are precise defenses from government actions. For instance, any person is at liberty and has the right to practice any religion he or she deems appropriate. This means that the state cannot interfere with the freedom of worship of an individual since any person is at liberty to practice and profess doctrines of that religion.