The fact that the school think they have the right to violate the child's private life is funny. But at the same time its a little disturbing to know that they will invade our lives during our generation. As well as our fourth amendment right it is breaking, it is incriminating yourself if you show up positive. The fact that our founding fathers gave us these rights our expressions of these rights should not be stopped by anything regardless. The school system has no right to drug test anyone, due to what cause.
Then don’t do it to someone else.” Lack of motivation – Realising that something is irrational (like illegally downloading music, for example) doesn’t give any motivation to do the right thing. Autonomy – Kant has the greatest respect for human dignity and autonomy. Conflicting duty – Sartre described a pupil torn between looking after his mother in France or going to England to fight with the Free French Forces. “I find myself drawn into a vicious circle.” Which of the duties do I follow? Rational – Kant is not swayed by emotion.
These rules provide essential rights for individuals and protect them. Everybody should have the freedom of choice as long as it does not bring harm to another, or defy the foundation; no matter what nation one lives in. Self-determination is one of the only real freedoms we have, and the most imperative, therefore no country should be able to enforce, or govern what their citizens can wear in public; it can possibly be a violation of one’s constitutional rights. Clothing signifies different things to different groups of people; especially when it comes to religion. The burqa getting banned in France was a violation of France’s Fifth Republic which promises “freedom of religion,” and “the separation between church and state,” to their citizens.
Dear Mr. Bratt: Some people consider sex, drugs, violence, and strong language as inappropriate. Others could care less about what they see on the Web. Others don’t even think twice about sex crimes in the newspaper or hearing someone cuss their mother out on TV. Some couldn’t be any more neutral about the inappropriateness of their information sources. Others so strongly that they censor this material so they can no longer view it.
Hate speech or other speeches that can cause harm to society’s welfare should not be disclosed under any circumstances. The topic of free speech has been one of the most controversial subjects. There will always be a conflict of interest unless we can reach an agreement to what extent should Freedom of Speech be allowed. To many, Freedom of Speech should be defended at all cost. They believe that Freedom of Speech is a part of our entire way of life.
For instance a family bounded by fundamentalist values or a school regulated by strict rules can conflict with individual freedom. This is evident in the film “Skin” where Sandra, the protagonist is forbidden by her father to see the person she loves, because of their skin difference. It is also evident when the school she attends isolates her from the rest of her peers and mistreats her. Sandra as a character was hindered by her family and government from developing her own identity; she was faced with an unfortunate circumstance in an unfortunate era to appear colored, and as resulted she does not come in to terms with her identity. A media that chooses to broadcast propaganda is also a repressive institution that limits freedom of information.
With this being said, society only has the right to restrict behavior on the basis of justice, and not because society deems it to be immoral. Within the Principle of Liberty, Mill also claims that it is not acceptable for society to put restrictions on an individual’s conduct, for reasons that they feel would be in the best interest of that person. The majority only has the right to develop laws that confine the conduct of individuals with the purpose of protecting the basic rights of others; otherwise they would be obstructing that person’s right to individuality. Mill believes that everyone is entitled to certain moral rights that cannot be denied. Every member of society is entitled to rights of security of his person and property, as well as basic liberties such as freedom of opinion and the right to live his life as he so chooses.
It seems clear that if one individual harms another, through whatever means, it makes it more difficult for the harmed individual to carry out parts of their “life-plan”. According to Mill, this is where intervention should occur. This is not a valid way of exercising your autonomy because you are putting the autonomy of other individuals at risk. This is what constitutes harm. However, the state or any other individual has no grounds to intervene if you’re not seen to harm others.
Suspension and expulsion is not an effective tool and solution in our schools because it can lead to dropout rates and other violent crimes in the future. If a student commits a crime and the crime is not considered to be threatening, it is most likely that the principal or teacher may suspend that student. To the student suspension is a good thing for them since they have to just stay at home and do nothing. When students get expelled or suspended so many times, it seems normal to them, so they would not feel the consequences of the discipline and the purpose of it. Dropout rates and other violent crimes may contribute from continuous suspension and expulsion.
Random drug tests should not be allowed in schools because they are a violation of our privacy, it is against the fourth amendment, they do not deter use, and the drug tests are not always accurate. What if you didn’t ever do a drug and you received a positive on your drug test? You would be taken out of any extracurricular activities that you were in because they have a no drug policy. Drug test are not 100% positive which means there are always going to be something that goes wrong. Some say that drug testing is accurate enough to be used in schools, even though some may receive false positives; the benefits still outweigh the costs.