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	Freedom of thought - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Freedom of thought (also called freedom of conscience and freedom of ideas) is the freedom of an individual to hold or consider a fact, viewpoint, or thought, regardless of anyone else's view.
		While freedom of thought is said to be one of the fundamental principles of most democracies, the attempted suppression of freedom of thought is a prominent characteristic of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes.
		The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which states that thought is inherently embedded in language, would support the claim that an effort to limit the use of words of language is actually a form of restricting freedom of thought.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Freedom_of_thought (1299 words)

	freedom of expression
		Freedom of thought and belief is repeatedly emphasized in the Quran:
		Their responsibility is to maintain freedom of information, allow its flow and tolerate any individual effort to obtain essential information from governmental sources within reasonable limits of state security, which themselves ought to be delineated by the people.
		Freedom of expression has a broader range, in the latter case than in the former, especially with regard to public activities and to behavior in personal life that may affect the practice of public authority.
	www.crescentlife.com /spirituality/freedom_of_expression.htm (2571 words)

	Freedom of thought (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Freedom of thought can be limited in several ways — through censorship, arrests, book burning, or, more subtly, through propaganda.
		Freedom of thought can also be stifled without institutional interference when the views of the majority become so widely accepted that other ways of thinking are repressed.
		Freedom of thought is closely related to freedom of speech and Freedom of expression.
	freedom-of-thought.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (223 words)

	Richard Gosden: Shrinking the Freedom of Thought (1997)
		Freedom to manifest one's religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others.
		Thoughts and beliefs are particularly relevant to the mental disease of schizophrenia because it is pathological varieties of these mental forms that are the main symptoms.
		The meaning of words like 'thought,' 'conscience' and 'belief' are not so dependent on specific circumstances for interpretation as are value-laden words like 'cruel,' 'inhuman' or 'degrading.' The specification is simply that individuals should be free to think their own thoughts and to hold whatever beliefs they choose without interference.
	www.geocities.com /greenliberal/Richard_Gosden1997.html (7738 words)

	Islamism & Freedom of Thought
		A few days ago I had a discussion with a friend of many years who justified the censorship of a paper, and was accusing me for fighting them about censoring articles, when he knew well they had censored an article because it was strong wording against IRI reformists, even though they publish abroad.
		Freedom of thought, freedom of expression, condemnation of censorship and standing up for all similar rights rather than accusing the victims, and working to have these rights recognized by all who care for democracy, is the most critical need of Iran and Iranians.
		Salman Rushdie was the first victim with clear deah fatwa by IRI leader Khomeini for his thoughts, and if Iranians had stood up in his case, we would not have had murder of Forouhars and others.
	www.ghandchi.com /275-FreedomOfThought.htm (734 words)

	Glass Wings: The Freedom Symbol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Freedom of thought is necessary for the progression of our society socially, scientifically, technologically, culturally, and even ethically and morally.
		This is again confining to freedom of thought, as well as freedom of expression, because free expression is needed to develop thoughts, even thoughts about a fairer, more tolerant society.
		Freedom of choice encompasses removing and disallowing laws that support the existence of only a few large corporations to the disadvantage and elimination of smaller businesses.
	www.glasswings.com.au /essays/freedoms.html (1361 words)

	A History of Freedom of Thought (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		For this freedom of spirit was not only the condition of their speculations in philosophy, their progress in science, their experiments in political institutions; it was also a condition of their literary and artistic excellence.
		The principle of freedom of conscience is asserted as superior to all obligations to the State, and the State, confronted [48] by this new claim, is unable to admit it.
		To-day the greatest of the Churches demands freedom of conscience in the modern States which she does not control, but refuses to admit that, where she had the power, it would be incumbent on her to concede it.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/1/0/6/8/10684/10684-h/10684-h.htm (20303 words)

	Catholicism and freedom of thought \| Turnabout
		The point of thought and discussion is to get an answer, and there can’t be an infinite chain of justifications, so there has to be some standard that is in fact final for what constitutes an answer.
		Freedom of thought like other forms of freedom can be defined in various ways.
		If you have a society with absolute freedom of thought, for example, I think it would probably show that institutions are in place to keep thought from ever affecting anything important.
	turnabout.ath.cx:8000 /node/1254 (1070 words)

	flim: Freedom of thought (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In the painting "Freedom of thought" Jaisini has built a form of time and space that transforms the world of prison into a dream or a thought of a philisopher, the artist himself, laying on a plank bed of the illusory prison cell.
		"Freedom of thought" is populated with images of wicked criminals and guards.
		"Freedom of thought" is a work that, in a way, illustrates the turning point of the human life when one often gets back one's ability to see the stars from the gates of hell, as Dante writes.
	www.flim.com /flim/article.html?a=024 (504 words)

	Center for Religious Freedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The guarantees in the TAL were a positive break from past Iraqi constitutions, which typically guaranteed aspects of freedom of religion only to minority groups, as opposed to individual Iraqis.
		Guaranteeing freedom of thought and conscience as an individual right for Muslims as well as for minority religious groups is essential if debate within Islam and dissent from imposed orthodoxies is to be allowed, and if the political breathing space necessary for plural and alternative voices within the Islamic tradition is to be created.
		The protection of freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief is not un-Islamic.
	www.freedomhouse.org /religion/news/bn2005/bn-2005-08-04.htm (987 words)

	ICRF Joint Resolution on Religious Freedom
		That government-sponsored gross violations of religious freedom such as genocide, murder, slavery, and torture based on religious faith or belief, as well as the destruction of holy places, should be the subject of sanctions and other exercises of foreign policy powers by nations adhering to the principles of religious freedom.
		That the definition of "religion" which is subject to the guarantees of religious freedom in international declarations, conventions and treaties and in national constitutions and legislation should be broadly construed and not used to limit religious freedom only to majority religious faiths in any nation.
		That restrictions on religious freedom based on public order, safety, health or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others should be imposed only if the state interest is demonstrated to be compelling and based on generally applicable neutral law and the restriction imposed is the least restrictive means of satisfying the state interest.
	www.religiousfreedom.com /nwslttr/resolution.htm (912 words)

	Ben Antao:Freedom of Thought
		Freedom of thought is an illusion of the rational man. There is no such animal, and if there is, it must surely dwell in the presumptive mind that places the lantern of reason over the heart of emotion.
		Thirdly, this illusion of freedom of thought operates at every level of one’s adult life.
		Why, I might extend this train of thought and say that every time a student accepts a guiding principle from his teacher, he has abdicated his freedom of thought.
	www.colaco.net /1/BenFreeThought.htm (343 words)

	Truth In Heart - Rare Christian Classics from Charles Finney, Oberlin theology and Revival Reformation
		God is ever present to the thoughts, with his infinite perfections, and the universe of matter and mind as his handiwork, as objects of study.
		In the relations supposed, the mind is subject to influences which free it from those internal and personal biasses which are wholly incompatible with the exercise of freedom of thought and action— biasses, such as prejudice, pride of opinion, and party.
		Equally benign and manifest are the tendencies of Christianity in respect to the freedom of human thought and action in the civil relations of life.
	truthinheart.com /EarlyOberlinCD/CD/Mahan/thought-action.html (7081 words)

	Freethought - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There is a very old tradition and re-invention of individual intellectual freedom and freethought, in most philosophical and religious thought systems, against and despite the literalist interpretations and constraints.
		The Free University of Brussels, also known as the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), along with the Circle of Free Thought defend the freedom of critical thought, the rejection of the argument of authority, and lay philosophy and ethics.
		The principal organ of the freethought movement in Canada was Secular Thought (Toronto, 1887-1911).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Freethought (1597 words)

	Freedom of Thought, Religion in Trouble in Some OSCE States - US Department of State
		Freedom of thought and religion are fundamental rights that are "inconsistently applied, and often violated, by many states across the OSCE [Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe] region," said Dorthy Taft, a member of the U.S. Delegation to the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, Poland, October 6.
		Chairman, the United States is deeply committed to guaranteeing the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief.
		Grave problems with freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief exist in many OSCE participating States -- but not only those countries located to the "East of Vienna." The United States wishes to highlight concerns about the ban on religious apparel in French public schools.
	usinfo.state.gov /dhr/Archive/2004/Oct/12-704698.html (1433 words)

	Suppressing Freedom of Thought in a Democracy
		Citizens educated under those far from free thought conditions eventually moved into positions of power and, within the limitations of their power and misinterpretation of free trade, were likely sincere in their efforts to develop the world and eliminate poverty.
		No profound thoughts which ran counter to the mainstream were permitted on either side of the opposing Cold War blocs, rhetoric about a free, open, and unbiased educational system in the âdemocraticâ West notwithstanding.
		Even though most of those attempting to gain their freedom looked to the United States as their political and economic model, they had the universal danger of popular leaders who were not puppets and who would turn those resources to sustaining their own people.
	www.ied.info /books/ed/freedom.html (15987 words)

	: ASP : EXPLORE : STEREO : ISLAM AND FREE THOUGHT - Islamherald.com
		This is, however, not freedom of thought but freedom of atheism.
		They want to be given the freedom to attack the faith and all kinds of worship and to urge people to abandon their religion.
		They are against Islam not because it restricts freedom of thought but only because it stands for the liberation of mankind from the dominance of its baser passions.
	www.islamherald.com /asp/explore/stereo/islam_and_free_thought.asp (1882 words)

	Freedom of Thought, Conscience, Religion or Belief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Furthermore, it is clear that certain local officials in Russia are using this law arbitrarily to discriminate against religious organizations whose presence or practices are not to their taste.
		These statutes have an adverse impact on religious liberty in the Hellenic Republic and are inconsistent with numerous OSCE commitments, including paragraph 16 of the Vienna Document and paragraph 9 of the 1990 Copenhagen Document.
		We urge repeal of these laws in order to help ensure the freedom of all individuals in Greece to profess and practice their religion or belief.
	www.mwlusa.org /presentations/speech_poland.html (3264 words)

	Freedom of Mind - Spiritual Responsibility
		I have come to the conclusion that, for me, spiritual traditions that focus on healing the mind/body relationship and on the inseparable relationship between the sacred and the profane, rather than fostering a split of mind/body brings more satisfying results.
		What I mean by this is acknowledging and accepting feelings, thoughts, and needs rather than denying them or pretending that they do not exist.
		The Freedom of Mind Resource Center Inc. was established by cult expert Steve Hassan.
	www.freedomofmind.com /resourcecenter/responsibility/intro.htm (3209 words)

	Amazon.com: A History of Freedom of Thought.: Books: John Bagnell Bury (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The late Professor Bury's History of Freedom of Thought is a well-established "little classic" which has been in steady and continuous demand since it was first published in 1913.
		Written when liberty of thought seemed likely to become a universally attained ideal, the book is at once a history and a manifesto of a vital human quest whose end has since receded into futurity.
		Drawing from rationalism and J.S. Mills' utilitarianism, Bury concludes that allowing the greatest latitude for freedom of thought, "the axiom of human progress," is by far the best and most beneficial arrangement for individual and society.
	www.amazon.com /History-Freedom-Thought-John-Bagnell/dp/0837179351 (1280 words)

	Dean's World - Freedom Includes Freedom Of Thought
		Freedom includes freeom of thought and freedom of conscience, as the sometimes-incendiary Michelle Malking understands better than many.
		Yeah well, freedom also includes the right to not be locked up in a cage simply because you belong to a certain race.
		The racial thinking was as much on the side of those Japanese who considered themselves superior and thought they were required to cooperate with Japanese spies and saboteurs because of their common race as on the side of the US government, which was merely trying to defend itself.
	www.deanesmay.com /posts/1105979578.shtml (2264 words)

	Freedom of Thought (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		By winning her freedom she legally obtained the right either to live with her husband or to seek a separation from him.
		But Mughees, who was greatly attached to her wanted her to change her decision and continue to live with him.
		This is the highest and ultimate example of Islam granting such great freedom to men and women.
	www.alrisala.org /Articles/islam/freetht.htm (213 words)

	The fundamental right to religious freedom
		Where the fundamental right to freedom of religion is suppressed, often other human rights are violated, too.
		The freedom of religion is a fundamental human right, sometimes it is even called the "heart of human rights".
		Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
	www.ishr.org /activities/religiousfreedom/fundamentalright.htm (850 words)

	TBK\|A HISTORY OF FREEDOM OF THOUGHT Part 12
		Once the principle of liberty of thought is accepted as a supreme condition of social progress, it passes from the sphere of ordinary expediency into the sphere of higher expediency which we call justice.
		Hopeful people may feel confident that the victory is permanent; that intellectual freedom is now assured to mankind as a possession for ever; that the future will see the collapse of those forces which still work against it and its gradual diffusion in the more backward parts of the earth.
		For at that time the social importance of freedom of opinion was not appreciated, whereas now, in consequence of the long conflict which was necessary in order to re- establish it, men consciously realize its value.
	www.truthbeknown.com /a_history_of_freedom_of_thought_12.html (3698 words)

	Freedom of Thought (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Under the First Amendment to the Constitution we have the right to free religious expression, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press, it also says that these rights shall not be restricted or abridged.
		We have the right of conscience to say what ever we like; this is what freedom of speech means, also to write whatever we like, under freedom of the press.
		The restrictions of our freedom and liberty should not be tolerated in a free and open society; we should not let the Government tell us what we can say, or not say, or where we can say it, or not say it.
	www.freedom4ever.net.cob-web.org:8888 /freedom_of_thought.htm (1076 words)

	Autonomy » The Autonomy Novels
		A cannonical, or official, overview of the Autonomy universe as envisioned by its author, Jean-Michel Smith.
		If they are to survive, they must overcome their internal strife, outwit those who would destroy them, and find the courage to embrace a radical plan, one that can give them the freedom they seek, but might cost them their very humanity.
		LOGS contains 5 excerpts from 4 chapters of the French translation of an earlier draft of “Autonomy: Freedom of Thought,” as part of a collection of essays on free culture and collaborative artistic endeavor.
	autonomyseries.com (218 words)

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