RIGHTS THEORY - BY SHAILESH TANWAR

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IntroductionBackgroundRights

What is ethics?

Background

Cyrus the Great, the first king of Persia, freed the slaves of Babylon, 539 B.C.

“all people had the right to choose

their own religion, and established

racial equality”

Rights

Rights are entitlements to perform certain actions, or to be in certain states; or entitlements that others perform certain actions or be in certain states.

Types

Natural Law

Natural Rights

Human Rights

What are human rights?

Who has human rights?Me?You?Citizens?Non-citizens?Criminals?Minority groups?Companies?

Human rights belong to all human beings by virtue of them being human

Human rights UNIVERSAL

INALIENABLE

INDIVISIBLE and INTERDEPENDENT

Types of human rights

1. Absolute rights

2. Limited rights.

 

3. Qualified rights

Two Concept Of Rights

Negative Rights: Rights to Noninterference

Two Concept Of Rights

Positive Rights: Rights to Well-Being

Rights Based Ethics System: Examples

The right to life

The right to liberty

The right to pursue happiness

The right to a jury trial

The right to a lawyer

The right of a person to be treated with respect and dignity even after being found guilty of a crime

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