freedom and security

Should we, in today’s world, accept less freedom in return for more security? Please discuss with reference to the assigned text.

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Causes that Threatens Freedom in Today’s World

One reason that endangers a person’s freedom of expression is fear to speak honestly and freely on particular issues. For instance, issues that subject a specific group as evil denies people the freedom of expression in the fear that the targeted group will react for revenge. Fear denies liberty. Another cause that denies freedom is the failure to uphold modern ideologies such as multiculturalism, pacifism and moral equivalence (Hanson, 2008). Multiculturalism encompasses that all cultures and racial groups have equal opportunities and rights, pacifism holds that peaceful relations should govern human and seek ways to resolve conflicts, while moral equivalence holds that the…