GOVT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Natural Disaster
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Citizenship: a very short introduction human rights and cosmopolitan citizenship (page 80 87) The first thing that comes to mind after hearing the word citizenship is always the word rights. Right (cid:373)ai(cid:374)ly (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s (cid:272)ou(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d respe(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g o(cid:374)e"s a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d opi(cid:374)io(cid:374) i(cid:374) a so(cid:272)iety. Its purpose is to e(cid:373)po(cid:449)er the powerless and gives voice to the voiceless. It could also create affiliation rather than empowerment. Citizenship and rights usually go hands in hands in the content of studying politics. United states of america has been protecting its citizen the human rights. It consists of basic rights as simple as the right to liberty and life, freedom of speech, and thoughts and equality before the law. All humans have a right to be respected. These common rights could include helping others, or taking care of whom one might have intentionally or unintentionally harmed. As human beings, people are expected to not do some things that are usually against the norm.