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- Do Mandatory Seat Belt Laws Violate Individual Rights?The purpose of seatbelt laws is to guarantee a majority of people who are in car crashes will survive as those who wear seatbelts tend to be the majority to survive in the majority of car crashes.
- 2nd Amendment: an Individual Right?I am unsure why this is even an argument. Really. I mean, even liberals can't be this stupid. But here we are, arguing in front of the Supreme Court...the scope of the 2nd Amendment.
- The Source of Individual Rights and the Purposes of GovernmentThis is a comparison of President Obama's governing philosophy with that of the Founding Fathers. The emphasis is on the disadvantages of a government-centered morality using the examples of past international governments since the American Revolution.
- Two Can Be as Bad as One: The Danger of Pursuing Individual RightsCollege research paper about feminist issues and the pursuit of individual rights.
- Protections for Individual Rights Inherent to InvestmentocracyIn Section 18 of his paper, Mr. Stolyarov discusses mechanisms internal to the system of investmentocracy that ensure the preservation of individual rights.
- Group Rights Versus Individual RightsOne of my political science research papers detailing the issue of group versus individual rights.
- The Three Ethical Principles: Individual Rights, Utilitarianism and Distributive JusticeEssentially there are just three three basic ethical principles. These are they.
- Why Murderers Cannot Hold a Logically Consistent Theory of Individual RightsCan a criminal hold a logically consistent view of individual rights while committing acts of murder? Responding to an essay by Dr. Charles N. Steele, Mr. Stolyarov argues the contrary.
- A Disaster for Individual FreedomThe argument has been made that for nearly 150 years, civil liberties in this country have been on the upswing. The fact is that nothing could be further from the truth.
- Choicesthe basic right of freedom of choice
- Individual Rights & the Role of GovernmentThis article explores why exactly freedom is important, and to what extent should the government control the personal and economic decisions that citizens make?
- Tolerance, Does it Mean We Have to Agree?Where does the confusion about tolerance begin? How does it end? What guidelines do we follow regarding whether or not we are showing tolerance?
- Supreme Court Supports Gun Rights... AgainOn June 28, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Right to Keep and Bear Firearms is an individual right that applies to all levels of government.
Rasumussen: Plurality See Government as Threat to RightsThomas Jefferson said, "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." If the results of a new Rasmussen poll are correct, Jefferson would conclude that tyranny has returned to the USA.- Things to Think About Regarding Health CareIn light of the present situation with health care, are we really heading in the right direction?
- The Coming Rise of the "Violent Fringe"A short piece on the reasons why we will never be rid of "extremist" violence in America, and it largely being our own fault.
- Incompatibility of Compulsory Taxation with Individual RightsIn Section 3 of his paper on investmentocracy, Mr. Stolyarov argues that the principal problem with CDPs is their incompatibility with a liberal economic order that respects individual private property rights.
- Criminal Justice Strategies to Lower Crime RatesStrategies that have been implemented in an attempt to reduce crime rates, and the reoccurrence of repeat offenders.
- Focus on the Founding: The Right to Keep and Bear ArmsA focus on the Second Amendment, absolutely an individual right.
- Individual Self-Determination Versus National Self-DeterminationMr. Stolyarov explains the mutually incompatible ideas of individual self-determination and national self-determination. He argues for the right, but not the obligation, of any individual to aid in liberating any other individual from tyranny and oppression.
- An Introduction to Individual, Collective and Government RightsAn introductory opinion piece concerning the basis for personal rights and liberties in the United States.
- How Many More Individual Rights Do We Have to Give Up in the Name of National Security?What is happening to our society? Do we have to give up all our individual rights in the name of terrorism?
- Peace, Love and UnderstandingTwo New York University students articulate their complicated views about marriage and gay rights.
- The U.N. Should Be RenamedThey have been utterly incapable of even solving problems in the world, with various bickering polarized factions only throwing words at each other and achieving nothing.