Social Problems in a Free Society

W. J. Rayment / Conservative Bookstore -- In the United States we are generally obsessed with a concept known as freedom. As Myles Kelleher explains in his book, "Social Problems in a Free Society", there are two kinds of "freedom". There is freedom in the libertarian sense, which we might call "freedom from". This "freedom from" would include freedom from infringement upon property rights, "freedom from" violence of our fellow humans, etc. The Bill of rights in the U.S. Constitution lays out many of these freedoms. Notice that all of these freedoms are basically a limitation of outside interference on the individual. Yet there is another kind of "freedom" that has crept into the definition of the word. It is the "freedom to". The "freedom to" have affordable housing, the "freedom to" be fed, or to an education or more.

The problem with these two types of freedom is that they are mutually exclusive. To provide someone with a freedom to affordable housing, the wealth used to give it must be taken from someone whether they want to give it up or not. Thus, we see that any transfer of wealth to provide a "freedom to" is an imposition on the rights of a person who has a "freedom from". We can see the "freedom from" rights are inherent in the constitution and require a passive government, while the "freedom to" rights are manufactured by the social system and require the active interference of government and coercive force.

This is an interesting concept and has huge implications in American government and American society. Myles Kelleher uses this concept and many others to take a whole new approach to social problems. His book, "Social Problems in a Free Society", is packed full of ideas and analysis about modern American sociology that will leave the casual reader breathless and the assiduous student spell-bound. It makes comprehensive casual reading and would make an excellent text for any class in sociology.

Conservative Libertarianism is belief system that inhabits every aspect of study and culture. Myles Kelleher shows how it can be applied profitably to the problems of modern society. This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in understanding free society, what makes it go, what causes problems, and the best road to fixing them.

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