Essay - There Is A Link Between Freedom and Responsibility in That...

There is a link between freedom and responsibility in that one always comes along with the o*****r. Firstly, one has personal freedom but also responsibility to other people. Secondly, one has ***** ***** society as a whole. There ***** the situ*****tion where ***** is torn between responsibility to society and responsibility ***** an individual. In "Trifles" ***** message ***** ***** responsibility to an individual should take priority.

*****, as a person one has freedom, but having this freedom means another person is repressed. Conversely, one's own freedom ***** repressed because of the freedom of another. The most common example ***** this is the anti-smoking argument. If smoking is banned in public places, the smoker has lost their freedom ***** smoke, while the non-***** has gained *****ir ***** not to be in a *****-filled environment. The dec*****ion to ***** made in this case is easy. Smoking is damaging to one's health. *****fore, the non-smoker is justified in be*****g allowed ***** freedom ***** to inhale the smoke. The same could be said of the speeding rule. A person's freedom ***** drive at wh*****ever speed *****y like is restricted because of traffic rules. This is justified because *****ing puts other ********** lives at risk. Wh***** we see here is that a ***** freedom ends *****s soon as their actions can endanger another person. There ***** also the ***** where a person's freedom ends because of the effect on society ***** a whole, with government being the center ***** *****.

A ***** freedom is restricted because of the law requiring *****m to pay taxes, th***** directly impacts on society as it raises the revenue required. Freedom is limited ***** every*****e is part of the community. There is no option here for people. You do *****t have ***** choice whether ***** be part of society and pay taxes, it is a requirement of living in society. Mrs Peters shows this belief when she s*****ys, "But Mrs. Hale, the law is the *****." (Gl*****pell, 16.)

Many of the laws that govern society are based on maintaining *****. This includes criminal laws, which are easily justified, *****y protect everyone's safety. It also includes business laws, which again protect society by clarifying how businesses can operate. Everyone has a responsibility towards ***** simply because they are part of it. ***** means ***** individual freedom is restricted in favor of the freedom of society.

***** question that "*****" raises, is when is it all right to overlook this responsibility to society in favor of ***** to an individual. In life, this question is ra*****ed often. Stealing is a crime, but is it acceptable to steal food if a child's life dep***** on it? In the play we ***** ***** a ***** crime of 'suppression of evidence' occurs where Mrs. Peters *****d *****. Hale hide the bird. The fact that this is a reflection of not doing as society requires ***** emphasized by ***** county attorney saying, "for ***** matter, a sheriff's wife [Mrs. Peters] is married to the law."