Restricting Freedoms - Limitations on the Individual in Contemporary America

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Section One: Theoretical Perspectives
1.Major Concepts: Freedom of Choice, Restrictions, and Commands
2.Behind the Restrictions: Tradition, Government, and Public Opinion
3.Human Nature and Restrictions: The Romantic View against Restrictions
4.The Role of Restrictions in American Society
Section Two: Substantive Examples
5.Restrictions on Religious Practice
6.Prescriptions and Proscriptions: Limitations on Individual Freedom in the Medical Domain
7.Restrictions on the Consumption of Sexual Service
8.How Free Is "Free Speech"?
9.Restrictions Regarding Noise
10.Liberty and Restrictions in Public Spaces: The Case of Theaters and Concerts
Conclusion
Name Index
Subject Index

About the author

Eric Beasley

Summary

Today, freedom is so closely associated with the United States that most people still view America as the ultimate symbol of freedom

Product details

• Authors: Eric Beasley, Vladimir Shlapentokh
• Assisted by: Eric Beasley (Editor), Beasley Eric (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.09.2017
• EAN: 9781138514133
• ISBN: 978-1-138-51413-3
• No. of pages: 237
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights