The Importance Of Political Rights

Without a doubt, rights are something that are necessary in order to for a state to successfully rule a people without a constant state of the country of being overthrown. These rights can be broken down into four different sections. Those different sections are civil, political, economic, and social rights. While fundamental rights such as the ability to vote for a ruler are generally agreed upon, they can still be argued upon. In other extents, the split between states opinions on things such as government funded education or health care is disputed in developed countries. Despite the differences, these countries are not in a state of revolution in order to become more similar. Instead, the different allowances allow observations on how different …show more content…
This would mean that gathering together to attack a group of people is an inappropriate use of rights and would need to be penalized. However, other than that a group of citizens has the right to protest against a government, and also the right to defend one’s self. While this general idea brings up the idea of positive freedoms, Berlin’s negative freedoms are important when considering political freedoms. For example, since the people have the right to speech, it is also a technical right to coerce people around them. As Berlin explains, “it is… justifiable to coerce men in the name of some goal…which they would, if they were more enlightened…This renders it easy for me to conceive of myself as coercing other for their own sake, in their, not my, interests.” (Berlin, pg. 45). The discussion of negative rights is important while considering political rights because it shows that while the positive liberty of being able to freely speak an opinion and gather in groups is healthy for a state, it is also important to recognize that coercion, for either good or bad causes, is also permissible and that has to be allowed as well so that the freedom of speech can fully be …show more content…
A human should never have to be concerned if they have access to shelter or food. They should also not have to not be considered a subhuman for whatever. This can include: prisoners of a state, people who are considered lesser due to religion, race, or other grouping, and with this thought, slavery should not even remotely be legal in any sense. As well as rights related to dignity, the ability to for two consulting adults to marry one another is another civil right. Although there is limits on the ability to marry whomever, by age and consent, those confines make it so there are not people who abuse the system. As explained by the Universal Declaration of Rights, marriage should not be banned due to race, religion, or nationality, and with that, the individuals also have the right to divorce if they find it necessary for them (UN, Article 16). These rights do not affect the ability to participate in State by voting or paying taxes, but are still necessary because they create a general basis for creating equality among humans in