Their are a few books that are very necessary for the full understanding of liberty as our founding fathers understood it when writing the constitution. These books were:
Leading up to the Constitution:
Plato's The Republic
Descarte's Meditations on First Philosophy
and most importantly (and recent) Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Social Contract.
When writing the Constitution:
Anti-Federalist Papers (Focused on State rights and weak Federal government)
Federalist Papers (Weak State rights and powerful Federal government)
Both can be read here: http://www.constitution.org/afp/afp.htm
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
The Free Man
No matter what point in time or what place man is born he is born free. Restricted only by his environment and the physical limitations set upon his body he has an unlimited amount of choices he may make. Man can not choose his parents, what he will look like, or what he will be gifted in as he has no consent in these decisions. Without government or society man is free to do what he wants and will accept the consequences of his actions as he has no alternative to avoid them. Choices are everywhere, and their is no escaping them, to not choose is still a choice. A free man may run when he likes, eat when and what he likes, sleep when he likes, and even do whatever he may want with his time. Their are consequences for his actions which are inevitible but that is the nature of his existence.
Where the Free Man meets culture.
When a free man exists alone he may do whatever he pleases, but when this man exists with other man his freedoms become slightly restricted. If one man who has unlimited freedoms crosses paths with another man with unlimited freedoms than each man can do whatever he pleases even if it violates the other mans freedom. This is where society is created, groups of free men join together and give up some of their freedoms for the betterment of the whole group. Typically they compromise on rights that violate others like murder, stealing, and sharing community items like tribal man shared food.
The natural free man gives up certain liberties when joining a society for the betterment of that society. In a free society every free man is equal and restricted equally.
Where the Free Man meets culture.
When a free man exists alone he may do whatever he pleases, but when this man exists with other man his freedoms become slightly restricted. If one man who has unlimited freedoms crosses paths with another man with unlimited freedoms than each man can do whatever he pleases even if it violates the other mans freedom. This is where society is created, groups of free men join together and give up some of their freedoms for the betterment of the whole group. Typically they compromise on rights that violate others like murder, stealing, and sharing community items like tribal man shared food.
The natural free man gives up certain liberties when joining a society for the betterment of that society. In a free society every free man is equal and restricted equally.
About Me and This Blog
Since this is the first post I'm going to tell you a little bit about myself and why I've created this blog.
Background
It was the year 2007 and I had recently graduated high school about a month earlier which led me to surfing Youtube.com when bored. After being linked to a few political videos I stumbled upon one man talking about politics, and what he was saying really made sense to me. He was discussing things I had never heard a politician say before that deep down I could really find truth and substance in. I wrote down his name and begin to search for more about him, what else he had to talk about, and if everything he said was true. I became excited as I had found a true patriot, something I've learned since is quite rare.
It's been a few years since I learned about that true patriot and witnessed him relentlessly fight battles that far out-stretched the man power he pocessed. Although he has ben trumpled everytime he would stand up and fight for what he believed in. This man was senator Ron Paul and he inspired me to look into the greater depths of humanity and society to find some very basic truths about myself and the system of government I reside in.
Purpose
Once I learned about the ideas of liberty, and researched the creation of the Constitution of the United States in greater detail I was both proud and upset of my country. Proud of the founders of my country who created a new way of thinking that inspired the world and for the understanding of human rights and nature to create a better more positive type of government. I was upset because the principles that my founding fathers had lived and died for had been trampled on by powerful government agents with no regard of the future of our country or the law it had set to protect it's people. A person new to these concepts will not understand their loss of liberty immedietly for they have grown up with less of it than their fathers, their grandparents, and drastically less than our four fathers. I feel it is my duty as a citizen, as a friend, and as a human being to talk about what the erosion of liberty is doing to us and to try to save my fellow man from shackeling himself into slavery.
Background
It was the year 2007 and I had recently graduated high school about a month earlier which led me to surfing Youtube.com when bored. After being linked to a few political videos I stumbled upon one man talking about politics, and what he was saying really made sense to me. He was discussing things I had never heard a politician say before that deep down I could really find truth and substance in. I wrote down his name and begin to search for more about him, what else he had to talk about, and if everything he said was true. I became excited as I had found a true patriot, something I've learned since is quite rare.
It's been a few years since I learned about that true patriot and witnessed him relentlessly fight battles that far out-stretched the man power he pocessed. Although he has ben trumpled everytime he would stand up and fight for what he believed in. This man was senator Ron Paul and he inspired me to look into the greater depths of humanity and society to find some very basic truths about myself and the system of government I reside in.
Purpose
Once I learned about the ideas of liberty, and researched the creation of the Constitution of the United States in greater detail I was both proud and upset of my country. Proud of the founders of my country who created a new way of thinking that inspired the world and for the understanding of human rights and nature to create a better more positive type of government. I was upset because the principles that my founding fathers had lived and died for had been trampled on by powerful government agents with no regard of the future of our country or the law it had set to protect it's people. A person new to these concepts will not understand their loss of liberty immedietly for they have grown up with less of it than their fathers, their grandparents, and drastically less than our four fathers. I feel it is my duty as a citizen, as a friend, and as a human being to talk about what the erosion of liberty is doing to us and to try to save my fellow man from shackeling himself into slavery.
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