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Monday, September 28, 2009

Terms to Define

Natural Rights- rights, freedoms and privileges which are such a basic part of human nature

that they cannot be taken away.

Social Rights- An agreement among the members of an organized society or between the

governed and the government defining and limiting the rights and duties of each.

Right of Revolution- a right or duty, variously stated throughout history, possessed by

subjects of a state that justifies their action to overthrow the government to whom the subjects

otherwise would owe allegiance.

Popular Sovereignty- a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject

to the will of the people.

Self Determination- free choice of one’s own acts without external compulsion; and especially

as the freedom of the people of a given territory to determine their own political status.

I put these words in order because I feel that rights come first. Natural Rights are rights

that God has declared upon us and our are natural way of living freely. We should live with the

rights we had originally. The right we should have from our birth.

1 comment:

  1. Clearly stated. I do want to hear see your thinking about which principles you feel are most important and why.

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