Us vs them division---So what is your opinion on "American exceptionalism"? an ideology on which most U.S. presidential campaigns run and on which much of U.S. foreign policy is based?
American exceptionalism is one of three related ideas. The first is that the history of the United States is inherently different from other nations. In this view, American exceptionalism stems from its emergence from the American Revolution, thereby becoming what political scientist Seymour Martin Lipset called "the first new nation" and developing a uniquely American ideology, "Americanism", based on liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, republicanism, democracy and laissez-faire economics. This ideology itself is often referred to as "American exceptionalism." Second is the idea that the US has a unique mission to transform the world. As Abraham Lincoln stated in the Gettysburg address (1863), Americans have a duty to ensure, "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Third is the sense that the United States' history and mission give it a superiority over other nations.---https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism
Freedom of religion---how would you define the term "religion"?
The Quranic word "Deen" often translated as religion---also has wider connotations as "way of life", and "freedom of conscience".
To what degree is there a "freedom" in a society/nation if all the citizenry must follow values and laws/rules determined and enforced by State institutions?
human rights---who/what determines/authorizes "human" rights?---God?, Nature?, Human beings? To discuss rights without the balancing framework of responsibility is to turn "rights" into unmerited privileges/entitlements claimed by one group over others....?....
American exceptionalism is one of three related ideas. The first is that the history of the United States is inherently different from other nations. In this view, American exceptionalism stems from its emergence from the American Revolution, thereby becoming what political scientist Seymour Martin Lipset called "the first new nation" and developing a uniquely American ideology, "Americanism", based on liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, republicanism, democracy and laissez-faire economics. This ideology itself is often referred to as "American exceptionalism." Second is the idea that the US has a unique mission to transform the world. As Abraham Lincoln stated in the Gettysburg address (1863), Americans have a duty to ensure, "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Third is the sense that the United States' history and mission give it a superiority over other nations.---https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism
Freedom of religion---how would you define the term "religion"?
The Quranic word "Deen" often translated as religion---also has wider connotations as "way of life", and "freedom of conscience".
To what degree is there a "freedom" in a society/nation if all the citizenry must follow values and laws/rules determined and enforced by State institutions?
human rights---who/what determines/authorizes "human" rights?---God?, Nature?, Human beings? To discuss rights without the balancing framework of responsibility is to turn "rights" into unmerited privileges/entitlements claimed by one group over others....?....
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