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Freedom is a general term, like liberty, independence, autonomy, and equality. In reality, freedom cannot be absolute; no one can be completely free. Your talents, family situation

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Freedom is a general term, like liberty, independence, autonomy, and equality. In reality, freedom cannot be absolute; no one can be completely free. Your talents, family situation, job, wealth, cultural norms, and laws against murder, for example, constrain and circumscribe your choices. And then there is the freedom of others, which necessarily limits yours.

Broadly speaking, your rights, whatever they may be, define the limits to your freedom. In the Western tradition of freedom, these are your civil and political rights, including your freedom of speech, religion, and association. Some philosophers see these not only as morally justified rights in themselves, but also as the means for fulfilling other possible rights, like happiness.

The international justification for your freedom is by reference to human rights, those due to you as a human being and object of international conventions. The most basic of all these rights are those defining what governments cannot do to you. In effect, these human rights define what many mean by democratic freedom. Your freedom of thought, expression, religion, association, is basic, as are the secret ballot, periodic elections, and the right to representation. In short, these rights say that you have a right to be free. This is universal: we all have internationally defined and protected human rights.

Rudolph Joseph Rummel. Why should you be free?.Internet: <www.hawaii.edu> (adapted).

Judge the following item concerning the ideas and linguistic features of the previous text.

According to the ideas expressed in the text, “democratic freedom” could be correctly understood as a situation in which people are free of unjustified governmental actions.
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Comentário: A afirmação está correta porque o texto enfatiza que a "liberdade democrática" é essencialmente definida pela proteção contra ações governamentais injustificadas. O autor menciona que os direitos humanos, que incluem a liberdade de pensamento, expressão e associação, delimitam o que os governos não podem fazer aos indivíduos. Assim, a noção de liberdade democrática está intrinsicamente ligada à ideia de que as pessoas devem ser livres de intervenções abusivas do Estado, garantindo um espaço onde possam exercer seus direitos fundamentais sem restrições indevidas.

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