Philosophy 2801F/G Lecture Notes - Negative And Positive Rights
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The course: distinguishing the difference between human rights and individual rights. Affected by how people in other nations view and affect us outline of paper - thesis, arguments, opposition to arguments final paper then a final exam. Immunities rights of: protection against authority i. e rights that our privileges and claims not be altered by other people these are a holders rights. Human rights are not: negative rights, necessarily inalienable, boundaries that define legitimate - sovereignty or underlie toleration vagueness of fulfillment no complete fulfillment undue restriction instead: define by weight and degree of violations. How do human rights exist: as norms of national and international law created but enactment and judicial deci- sions. Challenge: contingent on political developments: as god-given or innate, guiding us toward an ideal, we want human rights to be up- held to greater degrees. Challenge: diversity: as shared aspects of all human morality because almost everyone agrees to them.