Rights And Freedom
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The document discusses the nature of man and the source of moral rights. It argues that a person's defining characteristics are their volitional consciousness and ability to reason. For a person to generate happiness, they need freedom to live, think, and act without physical force from others. To defend their freedom, a person has rights to their own life, property, and to not be used as a means by others. A person is entitled to have others recognize their life as justification for claiming their freedom and rights.
Rights And Freedom
- 1. The Nature of Man Source of Moral Rights What attributes are my defining characteristics? That I am a being of volitional consciousness. I acquire knowledge by a process of reason that takes place in my own brain, not in a group brain of race or society. My survival depends on my choice to think and act. What do I need to generate my own happiness? Freedom to Live as a Human Being Freedom to Think Freedom to Act Freedom from the threat or use of physical force by others Freedom to generate my eaudaimonia What do I need to defend my Freedom? The Right To Life The Right to Have my Rights The right to choose what I love most The Right to Property Respected by Others and want to do with my finite life. The Right to Produce The Right to not be used as a The right to rule my own life The Right to keep what I produce Means to the Ends of others. according to my own particular The right to exercise my Freedom values. The right to make my own life my ultimate value and goal. What am I entitled to from others? That they recognize that my Life is the only justification I need to claim my Freedom and my Rights. Page 1 of 1 From Moral Rights and Political Freeom by Tara Smith, Phd.