Identify and describe the balance of values at the heart of our constitutional democracy and explain how and why that balance is flexible
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In a constitutional democracy, two values make life in a free society worth living.
First, there is community security, which focuses on making people as a community
safe. This is balanced against the value of individual autonomy, where a person alone
controls his/her life. However, that individual control does not allow a person to
commit crimes that would violate the community's safety or the rights of other
individuals.
The balance between crime control and individual rights is a flexible one. It shifts
depending upon the circumstances. Rather than being a fixed point on a spectrum
between total control and total freedom, the right balance falls within a zone. This
zone is a choice between order and liberty. During certain times individual liberty may
be sacrificed for increased order, while at other times the opposite may occur.
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