Argumentative Essay: Why Order Is More Important Than Freedom
Statistically, over 90 percent of Americans believe freedom is more important than equality or order. However, order is more important than freedom or equality because neither freedom, nor equality can protect people's rights. Without rights, many would say that you cannot have freedom or equality, because rights establish both of these ideas. Secondly, order establishes a government, which is the driving force of a nation. Lastly, order strikes a balance between freedom and equality. It is impossible to have perfect equality, but too much freedom turns into chaos and results in total anarchy. By order I mean functioning condition. In other words, order is when all things are working in the proper way. The United States' Constitution establishes
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If there is no order, then people's rights would be infringed upon as there would be nothing to protect one person's rights from another person's rights, nor would there be anything to even establish what a person's rights are in the first place. This would be called anarchy which is the state of being in chaos, or the state of being without order. Too much freedom results in anarchy, as stated above. But order is the balancing factor for this equation. Order stops the chaos that could be freedom, as it protects people's rights to do what they want as long as they do not infringe upon other people's rights. With uninhibited freedom people are free to do anything they want, even if they infringe upon other peoples' rights. Thus comes a great problem, one that cannot be solved without some form of order, this problem is chaos. Not only does order protect freedom, but it also establishes and protects people's rights to equality. Equality is the ideal that states that all people should be treated the same way. However, equality is also something that must be protected by order, otherwise people might not treat others in the same regards that they treat themselves. Without order people would not feel obligated or forced to treat others the same way that they are treated, however with order there is no choice, people are given the same rights and are therefore equal in the eyes of the
If there is no order, then people's rights would be infringed upon as there would be nothing to protect one person's rights from another person's rights, nor would there be anything to even establish what a person's rights are in the first place. This would be called anarchy which is the state of being in chaos, or the state of being without order. Too much freedom results in anarchy, as stated above. But order is the balancing factor for this equation. Order stops the chaos that could be freedom, as it protects people's rights to do what they want as long as they do not infringe upon other people's rights. With uninhibited freedom people are free to do anything they want, even if they infringe upon other peoples' rights. Thus comes a great problem, one that cannot be solved without some form of order, this problem is chaos. Not only does order protect freedom, but it also establishes and protects people's rights to equality. Equality is the ideal that states that all people should be treated the same way. However, equality is also something that must be protected by order, otherwise people might not treat others in the same regards that they treat themselves. Without order people would not feel obligated or forced to treat others the same way that they are treated, however with order there is no choice, people are given the same rights and are therefore equal in the eyes of the