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Here are your essay questions. You are required to write up to 1500 words in answer to your chosen question. Your essay should be based on scholarly arguments. 1. Does democracy appropriately balance individual freedom with other concerns? Explain your response. 2. Should everyone have complete freedom of speech, or should there be limits on what we can publicly express? 3. ′The best approach to the future is for government to get out of the way.′ Do you agree? 4. Should the internet be completely unregulated? Consider two of the following issues: • Accuracy of information • Polarisation of opinion • Media ownership • Offensive speech • Access to technology 5. Is Mill’s harm principle a useful way to consider freedom in contemporary society? Use one case study from this list, or discuss an issue of your choice with your tutor: Same-sex marriage • Freedom of speech • Drugs • Vaccination • Individual safety • Harmful practices between consenting adults • Climate change 6. Is the state justified in intervening in society to enhance positive freedom? 7. Should students have more agency in their educational choices? 8. Is the nature of work and employment changing? What impact will this have in the future? 9. Can popular culture be an agent of social and cultural change? 10. Will the social safety net need to be revised in light of increasing industrial and technological change? 11. In the face of rapid technological and industrial change coupled with an aging population, is a Universal Basic Income (UBI) something that future governments will need to consider?