Values of free Expression

 Individual Self-Fulfillment

Human Liberty and Freedom of Speech Free speech enables individuals to express themselves and thereby create their own identity — and, in the process perhaps, find kindred spirits. Freedom of speech thus becomes an aspect of human dignity, human agency and autonomy. It's when  someone creates their identity through values and beliefs and expresses them through speech but is often tied to political values or basic rights that we have  .This is where freedom of speech comes in and how people have expressed their ideas and how they can create this through their own identities. It is not a political right, it's a human necessity that we need.

     A relevant  example of this that happened very recently on  September 10th, 2025. from a  righting political activist named Charlie kirk. He was running a college debate at Utah Vally University. This was opened to all the college students. He later got shot in the middle of when he was talking. He has  expressed his freedom of speech and has tried to  promote. ideas that not everyone has agreed with in the past . He believed the best way to do that was creating open debates at college campuses and at big events with a lot of people. He tried to get college kids to speak out and support what he supports but by doing this he let them talk back and express themselves .

He also has advertised himself through tik tok and instagram and many other social media platforms . He tried to create a culture with free thinking where anyone could speak out and contribute their opinions. His whole image and how he promoted himself  was letting individuals speak to explore who they are as a human being . I personally do not agree with a lot of the things that he has said but at the end of the day he was just expressing his views about topics and debating with other people. He expressed his viewpoints of limited government, free markets, and many cultural values that were very controversial to many pepole. There should have been no reason for someone to shoot him and be violent. Many people found it shocking  that someone would do that since it showed an act of violence against someone that was just promoting their freedom of speech. 

  Overall The example I gave about Charlie Kirk shows Individual self fulfillment by showing his self expression and using his freedom of speech. He said  “It is the responsibility of the individual to protect their own freedom and secure their own happiness.” This is related to  what baker is arguing about with self fulfillment and how others must participate and are supposed to be actively engaged in expressing ourselves so that we could speak out.