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Compare and contrast some of the ways in which major political thinkers have tried to draw the differences between authority of the state and freedom of the individuals.
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Question.1: Compare and contrast some of the ways in which major political thinkers have tried to draw the differences between authority of the state and freedom of the individuals. A state is an ancient political institution whose role is to regulate human relations in the society living under its laws. The state is the supreme law making (legislative) and law enforcing body, deriving its acknowledgement as a sovereign institution.' State sovereignty ' emerged in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries used by Bodin and Hobbes to mean the state has supreme authority and power over all other social institution like families, associations, union or educational bodies. Freedom (right) is the ability of individuals to do whatever they want to without being limited. There are a number of political thinkers who by their arguments tried to draw the boundaries between authority of the state and freedom of individuals. This essay with reference to the...
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