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A community fights to control its own life and destiny. In essence this is the struggle for:Read the answer and worked solution →Nelson Mandela's autobiography is titled:Read the answer and worked solution →Aung San Suu Kyi's book of essays is titled:Read the answer and worked solution →The simplest definition of freedom is the absence of:Read the answer and worked solution →Swaraj combines Swa and Raj, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →Who said Swaraj is my birth right?Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi wrote Hind Swaraj in:Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi said it is Swaraj when we learn to:Read the answer and worked solution →Besides governments, constraints on freedom can come from social inequality such as the:Read the answer and worked solution →Without some constraints, society would descend into:Read the answer and worked solution →As a political ideology, liberalism has been identified with which value?Read the answer and worked solution →Modern liberalism is distinctive for its focus on the:Read the answer and worked solution →The harm principle comes from John Stuart Mill's essay:Read the answer and worked solution →Under Mill's harm principle, the state has no business interfering with actions that are:Read the answer and worked solution →A neighbour plays loud music at night. Mill would recommend:Read the answer and worked solution →The law should constrain other-regarding actions only when they cause harm that is:Read the answer and worked solution →For those who only run a hate campaign, we must not demand:Read the answer and worked solution →In Indian constitutional discussions, justifiable constraints on freedom are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Freedom as an inviolable area of non-interference, or freedom from, is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Freedom to develop oneself, answering who governs me with I govern myself, is:Read the answer and worked solution →Positive liberty traces its tradition to Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, Gandhi and:Read the answer and worked solution →Voltaire said he would defend to death your right to:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch positive libertyRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the harm principleRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real termRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the freedom wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Negative or positiveRead the answer and worked solution →Whose freedom storyRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Freedom bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A community fights to control its own life and destiny. In essence this is the struggle for:

  1. Freedom
  2. Wealth
  3. Territory
  4. Tariffs
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Correct answer: A. Freedom

1. People want to steer their own lives. 2. They want to express themselves through their choices. 3. That is the struggle for freedom. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter 2, Freedom._

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Nelson Mandela's autobiography is titled:

  1. On Liberty and Law
  2. Long Walk to Freedom
  3. Freedom from Fear
  4. Hind Swaraj Revisited
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Correct answer: B. Long Walk to Freedom

1. It tells of the fight against apartheid. 2. Freedom for all South Africans was its goal. 3. The title is Long Walk to Freedom. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter 2, Freedom._

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Aung San Suu Kyi's book of essays is titled:

  1. Freedom from Fear
  2. Long Walk to Freedom
  3. Hind Swaraj Revisited
  4. On Liberty and Law
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Correct answer: A. Freedom from Fear

1. She wrote under house arrest in Myanmar. 2. She linked her freedom to her people's. 3. The title is Freedom from Fear. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter 2, Freedom._

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