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How do Jefferson's unalienable rights compare with the natural rights expressed by Locke?
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∙ 13y ago
Unalienable rights are protected by the constitution and the judicial system of the U.S., whereas john Locke's idea of a person's natural rights has no force in law and, in fact and in practice, those rights tend to be exercised (or suspended) purely at the whim of whatever self-selecting ruling class happens to hold sway at the time.
The unalienable rights described in the constitution, whilst they may be open to interpretation, are guaranteed to all citizens of the United States.
In contrast, Lockean natural rights have nowhere been granted similar legal status and are often allowed or denied as a way of controlling the masses; viz: the suspension of the right of travel and of assembly during the British miner's strike, the use of military force in suppressing the student protest in Tiannanmen Square and the subjugation and murder of tens of thousands of Iraqis both under Saddam Hussein and under the so-called Allies after the Gulf War.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoThey are the same thing.
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How did Thomas Jefferson's unalienable rights compare with the natural rights expressed by John Locke?
Jefferson took the concepts that Locke was teaching and utilized them as a basis for the US plan of governing, therefore they are essentially the same with a little different wording.
What are examples of natural rights?
Whats A Nonexample of Unalienable Rights
What are non-examples of natural right?
Whats A Nonexample of Unalienable Rights
Which item is a natural right of a US citizens?
Natural rights are also called unalienable. These rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Words about equality in the Declaration of Independence reflected the Enlightenment ideas of?
natural rights
What did Thomas Jefferson consider to be natural or unalienable rights?
Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
Does berlinda tolbert of the tv show the jeffersons have any natural children?
yes what's their name
What are synonyms for unalienable?
untransferable, non-transferable, God-given, "natural rights," unassignable, absolute, inalienable. The final version of the Declaration of Independence used the word "unalienable," but some of the earlier drafts used "inalienable."
What are unable rights?
The state of a thing or right which cannot be sold.Things which are not in commerce, as public roads, are in their nature unalienable. Some things are unalienable, in consequence of particular provisions in the law forbidding their sale or transfer, as pensions granted by the government. The natural rights of life and liberty are UNALIENABLE. Bouviers Law Dictionary 1856 Edition"Unalienable: incapable of being alienated, that is, sold and transferred." Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, page 1523:You can not surrender, sell or transfer unalienable rights, they are a gift from the creator to the individual and can not under any circumstances be surrendered or taken. All individual's have unalienable rights.
How does the bill of rights protect people?
It provides a list of things that the Federal government is NOT allowed to do.
How do natural objects compare to manufactured objects?
they compare by they are both objects and man handal them
What are non-examples of Natural Rights?
The right to bear arms, the right to be able to make your own decisions etc.....
