Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public MoralityYale University Press, 1 oct. 2008 - 304 pagini divIn the opening chapter of this book, Elizabeth Price Foley writes, “The slow, steady, and silent subversion of the Constitution has been a revolution that Americans appear to have slept through, unaware that the blessings of liberty bestowed upon them by the founding generation were being eroded.” She proceeds to explain how, by abandoning the founding principles of limited government and individual liberty, we have become entangled in a labyrinth of laws that regulate virtually every aspect of behavior and limit what we can say, read, see, consume, and do. Foley contends that the United States has become a nation of too many laws where citizens retain precious few pockets of individual liberty. With a close analysis of urgent constitutional questions—abortion, physician-assisted suicide, medical marijuana, gay marriage, cloning, and U.S. drug policy—Foley shows how current constitutional interpretation has gone astray. Without the bias of any particular political agenda, she argues convincingly that we need to return to original conceptions of the Constitution and restore personal freedoms that have gradually diminished over time./DIV |
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... suicide , and medical mari- juana . Exit polling from the 2004 presidential election confirms the impor- tance of the conflict in the minds of many Americans : voters reported “ moral values " as the most important issue on their minds ...
... suicide , and medical mari- juana . Exit polling from the 2004 presidential election confirms the impor- tance of the conflict in the minds of many Americans : voters reported “ moral values " as the most important issue on their minds ...
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... suicide.73 Thomas Jefferson was unusual in his explicit reference to self- harm, declaring that “the care of every man's soul belongs to himself. [B]ut what if he neglect the care of it? [W]ell what if he neglect the care of his health ...
... suicide.73 Thomas Jefferson was unusual in his explicit reference to self- harm, declaring that “the care of every man's soul belongs to himself. [B]ut what if he neglect the care of it? [W]ell what if he neglect the care of his health ...
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... suicide, using intoxicating substances, and having sex without a condom, to name but a few. The defining characteristic of these activities is that the risk of harm is borne ex- clusively by the actor. Although society may condemn poor ...
... suicide, using intoxicating substances, and having sex without a condom, to name but a few. The defining characteristic of these activities is that the risk of harm is borne ex- clusively by the actor. Although society may condemn poor ...
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4 Marriage | 65 |
5 Sex | 102 |
6 Reproduction | 131 |
7 Medical Care | 151 |
8 Food Drugs and Alcohol | 178 |
Notes | 199 |
Index | 281 |
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