FREEDOM FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TO DO AND FREEDOM FROM RULES AND RESTRICTIONS ARE THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FREEDOM.
Explanation:
Different kinds of freedom the Handmaid talk about are
Freedom for the individual to do what they wants, which may seem desirable but can lead to anarchy
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Freedom from, where rules and restrictions protect individuals from the results of amoral or anarchic behaviour.
In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, evidence of both attitudes have been seen in, for example:
The severe restriction of individual liberty and freedom of speech in such repressive regimes as the USSR
The insistence by anarchists on their right to attack the G20 financial meetings.
A Declaration of Human Rights was drawn up by the United Nations in 1948, which stresses, among many other ‘rights', that
‘Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. This right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.'
