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This 5 page paper looks at Rousseau's Social Contract and his suggestion that while man is born free, he is really in chains. A contemporary example is discussed in light of his thinking. The issue where a woman was forced to drink breast milk due to heightened airline security is explored. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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called The Social Contract. First, what is freedom and what is Rousseaus definition of freedom? In discussing definitions of freedom, one has to admit that freedom is relative. In the
United States today, people call it a free country. Yet, no one is free to go romping in Central Park naked nor are they free to blow up a building
or to harass another individual. Freedom is limited in that people can act and react in their own right, within certain limitations. They do have a multitude of freedoms as
government does not demand that they do a certain line of work, or even work at all. The government does demand allegiance and can draft members of the society if
a war thus demands that action. Freedom is relative. Since Rousseau criticizes governments, suggesting that men are in chains, it prompts one to evaluate the state of affairs. In
choosing one topic, it pays to examine just when people are free, and when are they are in chains. One current event is for example the recent story that made
headlines after a woman called into a New York area talk show and relayed her experiences at an airline check in. A woman explains that a security guard at Kennedy
Airport forced her to consume three bottles of her own breast milk in order to demonstrate that the liquid posed no threat (McShane, 2002). In some way, it is a
ludicrous story that is designed to create sensational headlines, and it did so around the world. Yet, it does go to the heart of freedom. There is a law against
illegal searches and seizures in the United States for example, and while her body was not searched--no blood was drawn, no urine demanded--she was forced to swallow her own human
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