Individual Freedoms under the Law

Abstract

Man does not live by himself or for himself alone, but has always needed to associate and co-operate with his fellow-men. In order that he may exist peacefully among others in a community, he must accept many types of restrictions, either because he must respect the rights of other individuals or through the demands of society as a whole. He must, for example, abide by the traffic laws if he wishes to travel by car, and must participate in such schemes as compulsory education and welfare services. The State cannot allow him to withdraw from such schemes, because by doing so he would upset a necessary system that is established for the majority’s benefit.