individual freedoms
One's own autonomy
Individual freedoms are the rights and liberties belonging to each person rather than to groups or the state.
The phrase typically refers to protections like freedom of speech, religion, and assembly—rights that limit government power over citizens: The constitution guarantees individual freedoms.
In political discourse, individual freedoms often stands in tension with collective welfare or public safety: Some argued the mandate violated individual freedoms.
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- right to voteLegal power to elect
- free speechProtected verbal liberty
- property rightsLegal control over possessions
- bodily autonomyControl over one's physique
informed consent · gender equality · habeas corpus · free will · personal autonomy · reproductive rights · economic mobility · religious tolerance · digital privacy · due process · civic engagement · right to bear arms · live and let live · labor rights · racial equality · democratic representation · right to privacy · consumer choice
- civil rightsequal protection, equal rights, Civil Rights Act, right to life, Voting Rights Act
- constitutional lawConstitution, Bill of Rights, First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment
individual freedomsstate control
Government-managed economy or society
authoritarianism · totalitarianism · tyranny · despotism · dictatorship
individual freedomscollectivism
Group primacy doctrine
social conformity · communitarianism · group rights · communism · communal responsibility
individual freedomsrestrictions
Limitations on action
constraints · compulsion · coercion · subjugation · bondage
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