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Subject: Do those who would exchange freedom for security deserve neither?

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Poll: Do those who would exchange freedom for security deserve neither?  [closed]
Yes.:  40%
(2 Votes)
No.:  60%
(3 Votes)
Total Votes: 5

I've been reading several books lately related to this topic that are similar, such as 1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, and a few others slightly less related, and I have stumbled upon this question. Are those who betray their freedom for personal protection deserving of neither?

This question is difficult because it functions on two levels. One, the basic human need to survive would prompt one to easily do so, and, using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as a base, would therefore stop them from functioning on higher levels of thinking, so their simple inability to think of higher concepts like freedom would excuse them from moral persecution.

On a second level, people are assumed to be moral creatures, and should therefore always hold onto their beliefs, even in the face of possible danger. Anyone who abandons their morals is a traitor to their beliefs, even in a situation that does not call for moral judgment. Should a moral standpoint be overarching to other situations?

  • 12.22.2012 3:25 PM PDT

Es ist Zeit für einige Gefahr-pay

Mate, look at history.. you cannot have freedom without security.

  • 12.22.2012 3:28 PM PDT

Just dance 4- Lindsey Stirling

Dead-body-ologist at The U.S. Army 18th Medical Command

Freedom isn't free.

  • 12.22.2012 3:29 PM PDT

"If you want to test a man's character, give him power" -- Abraham Lincoln

Like anything else, there is a balance that needs to be met between the two.

  • 12.22.2012 3:29 PM PDT