Culture
Are We Going Against The Bill Of Rights With Our Lockdown Orders?
2020 has been an unprecedented year for the entire world, in more ways than one. And while in many countries, the realities of governmental restrictions and lockdowns may be business as usual, in other Western countries, particularly the U.S. which has never had an authoritarian regime, such measures raise the question as to where the concern for public health ends and the concern for personal freedom starts?
By Julia Song4 min read
As I dove into the research for this article, the difficulty I had was to define what were basic human rights and whether those were universally accepted. I reached for the United Nations’ definition, for definitions that come from respected thought-leaders, and, most importantly, I reached for the Bill of Rights.