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Brett Switzer Mr. McGowan AP Lit & Composition October 9, 2003 Privacy: Inherent to Freedom In 1776, the forefathers of the United States of America essentially wrote a constitution, a social contract, guaranteeing the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. "In recent years, the right to privacy has been added to the short list of human rights (Grant)." According to Thomas Paine, man did not enter into society to become worse off than he was before or to have fewer rights than he had before, but instead, to have those rights he started with better secured. According to the stipulations of the social contract agreed upon, the government provides national safety, public safety, public health, and civil rights/liberties in exchange for the fees necessary to provide these services and the ability to coerce citizens with punitive measures for breaking the codes of the contract. As long as a person poses no threat...

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