rights
Sign in to saveRights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory. Rights are an important concept in law and ethics, especially theories of justice and deontology.
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Rights are fundamental rules that define what freedoms people should have and what they are owed by society, based on legal systems, social customs, or ethical beliefs. They matter because they form the foundation of how we organize justice and determine what is fair treatment for people.
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- History
- Types of rights
- Natural versus legal
- Claim versus liberty
- Positive versus negative
- Individual versus group
- Other senses
- Politics
- Philosophy
- Criticism
- History
- See also
- References
Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory. Rights are an important concept in law and ethics, especially theories of justice and deontology.
The history of social conflicts has often involved attempts to define and redefine rights. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "rights structure the form of governments, the content of laws, and the shape of morality as it is currently perceived".