What are our individual rights and what is the meaning of public order advocates, and how can the advantages and disadvantages that are held in response to those rights be understood? Our individual rights are our moral principles sanctioning a man’s freedom of action in a social context. To live rationally by one’s reason in society, man needs only one thing from his fellow men; freedom of action. He requires rights to those actions necessary to support his own life, the most fundamental right being the right to life from which all other rights, including the right to liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness derive. (Retrieved October 9, 2008 from http://www.capitalism.org/faq/rights.htm). Public order advocates are those who suggest that under certain circumstances involving criminal threats to public safety, the interests of society (especially crime control and social order) should take precedence over individual rights. (Schmalleger, 2007). There are various disadvantages and advantages to the public order advocates as well for individual rights. Individuals have their own understanding of what they believe in and, what they stand for. This essay will give a more detailed variety of advantages and disadvantages to be informative to readers as well as unbiased.
We live in a society where much conflict exists. People disagree daily among a variety of issues however; the debate among individual rights and public order is increasing among advocates for both sides. Many have argued that public rights should take precedence over individual rights, even though this concept violates the US Constitution. Nevertheless, individual rights should not be compromised in order to obtain public order.
Individual rights allow a person the liberty to live as he or she desires. The very essence of how this country was established also affords us the freedom of choice. In addition, the Bill of