personal freedoms
Rights of citizens
Personal freedoms are the rights of individuals to act, think, and express themselves without undue interference from government or other authorities.
The phrase typically covers speech, religion, movement, privacy, and bodily autonomy: The new law was criticized as an assault on personal freedoms.
Often invoked in political debate, where different groups disagree about which freedoms deserve protection and what limits are acceptable.
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- individual rightsFreedoms held by persons
- right to voteLegal power to elect
- right to bear armsConstitutional weapon ownership guarantee
- bodily autonomyControl over one's physique
informed consent · reproductive rights · right to privacy · financial independence · parental rights · habeas corpus · lifestyle choices · digital privacy · marriage equality · due process · right to die · whistleblower protections · self-determination · conscientious objection · opt out
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
- Irish Constitutionpreamble, articles, constitutional amendments, referendum process, fundamental rights
personal freedomsstate control
Government-managed economy or society
tyranny · authoritarianism · totalitarianism · despotism · autocracy
personal freedomsrestrictions
Limitations on action
enslavement · constraints · prohibitions · limitations · bondage
personal freedomscollectivism
Group primacy doctrine
civic duties · conformity · compulsory service · conscription · social conformity
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