Write on a selected issue related to the tension between individual freedom and social institutions

Write on a selected issue related to the tension between individual freedom and social institutions

Introduction

There is a very delicate balance between the freedoms that individuals enjoy in society and the authority that
governs them. Benjamin Franklin (1755) addressed this in a now-famous quote: “Those who would give up essential
liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” assessment 3—-freedom and authority
Key ethical theorists Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau considered the relationship between
individuals and their governments and social institutions in terms of social contract theory. This suggests that a
person’s ethical and political responsibilities are based on understood agreements (with government, with social
institutions, with each other) that shape society. As you prepare for this assessment, you will consider examples of
the balance (and sometimes tension) between individual freedom and social institutions and choose one to address

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