Which of the following governmental policies would the author most likely support? a. Restricting individuals from carrying guns in public b. Requiring individuals traveling in cars to wear seat belts c. Establishing minimum age requirements to access adult social media sites d. Allowing individuals to purchase marijuana for recreational use

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A society that puts equality-in the sense of equality of outcome-ahead of freedom will

end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests. On the other hand, a society that puts freedom first will, as a happy by-product, end up with both greater freedom and greater equality. A free society releases the energies and abilities of people to pursue their own objectives. It prevents some people from arbitrarily suppressing others. It does not prevent people from achieving positions of privilege, but so long as freedom is maintained, it prevents those positions of privilege from becoming institutionalized.

-Milton Friedman, Free to Choose (1980)

Which of the following governmental policies would the author most likely support?

a) Restricting individuals from carrying guns in public.

b) Allowing individuals to purchase marijuana for recreational use.

c) Requiring individuals traveling in cars to wear seat belts.

d) Establishing minimun age requirements to access adult social media sites.

Answer: b) Allowing individuals to purchase marijuana for recreational use

Explanation:

The author is most likely to support the Government in allowing individuals to purchase marijuana for recreational purposes because he was very much emphatic about the freedom of individuals to do what makes them happy.

D. Allowing individuals to purchase marijuana for recreational use

Explanation:

The source from whence came the text was written by Milton Friedman, in the release "Free to Choose" (1980).

He weighed equality to freedom then tries to examine what should come first. The author later clings to the view that happiness is key to freedom and no one gets hurt through it. He reiterated that the experience for happiness doesn't involve competition, or unworthy agitation as it is individual and doesn't need to be institutionalised to be achieved.

He is simply saying puts freedom first then the society will be happy by-product, and this by product will deliver unto all the parties involved both greater freedom and greater equality.

The author most likely than not will support option D. For this will deliver unto it's guest happiness.