I agree that this is a list of rights for all citizens
Living Right
Land right
Freedom right
Right to freedom and autonomy
Privacy privileges
Innocence right unless otherwise proved
Right to a fair decision
Don't be pushed into slavery
Education correct
Freedom to play and recreate
Claim to equal and fair compensation
Social protection protections, for example
Natural Law Theory by John Locke
John Locke founded natural rights philosophy by first explaining how the world would be when people exist naturally without a form of control. He came up with his philosophy postulating that the state of nature composts of natural conditions without civil authority or a form of government thereby peace and mutual distrust prevailing among humanity, (Fieser, 135). As such, the law of nature does not require a group of persons in the name of a government to enforce the basic rights since every other person can serve as the jury, judge, and executor of individual rights. In this case, the law identified three undeniable rights that even the government cannot alienate. They include the right to live, own property and to have unlimited liberty.
On the other hand, Locke did not merely advocate for an egoistic self-preservation to the extent of denying other people the same rights. In this case, he campaigned for the need to consider others people as equally important, (Freeman, 25). For instance, the right to life is universal and hence there is a need to have an applicable form of control to enable a human being to exist mutually without infringing other people’s rights, (Fieser, 136). As such, Locke postulates that there is an undeniable need to have a center of power to ensure that inalienable rights are protected thereby punishing those found culpable of denying others their rights. In this case, Locke postulated the other group of rights which are not basic but fundamental for existence.
Works Cited
Fieser, James. Moral philosophy through the ages. Mayfield, 2001. Print.
Freeman, Michael. Human rights: an interdisciplinary approach. Polity Press, 2014. Print.
