“That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” When Thomas Jefferson wrote that iconic phrase for the Declaration of Independence, he was considerably influenced by the natural law philosophies of John Locke. Locke was one of the first to introduce the idea that property is acquired through labor, and that the value of that property is fundamentally intertwined with the…
be no discrimination on the basis of gender. Gender equality is achieved when men and women enjoy the same rights and opportunities across all sectors of society, including economic participation and decision-making, and when there is no sort of discrimination on the different behavioral characteristics, aspirations and needs of men and women. Even the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights has acknowledged the need for gender equality for the evolvement and progress of society. Gender…
When dealing with such issues as equality and diversity, good citizenship between the society and public services is important because it allows tasks to run much more smoothly and efficiently. Good citizenship will allow all races/genders/cultures to coexist in a society peacefully without prejudice or discrimination. This of course allows diversity and equality in that society as a whole because everyone is living and being treated equally no matter their chosen gender/race/culture or even…
The Qualifications for Human Rights Woven deeply in the American identity is the belief that all humans have rights. This was officially penned in one of the most significant documents in American history. In 1776 Jefferson wrote, “All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” (Jefferson, 1776/2014, p. 108). After experiencing a series of injustices inflicted upon the early American…
Long live reason and common sense! Long live the Autonomous Republic of Kunigunda (ARK)! What is wrong with the world we live in? Can you imagine a more tolerant and lavish world for everyone, irrespective of someone’s color, form or size, regardless of someone’s god, size of their package and their wishes? The Autonomous Culture Zone of the ARK shall enable all visitors of the 19th Kunigunda Festival of Young Cultures to experience exactly that! Free of prejudice, intolerance and emancipated…
live with how his speech impacted the general population. Martin Luther King Jr. was a great Civil Rights leader and has made the world an even better place than it was. His younger self, older self, ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, and his ‘I’ve been to the Mountaintop’ speech are all things about Martin Luther King Jr. that have greatly impacted society as we know it. Even though there has been many Civil Rights Leaders, Martin Luther King Jr. Impacted many lives. During his young life he made a big…
connections. After reading the articles I have concluded that an animal bill of rights should be added the the United States Government. I believe that this Bill of rights should provide standards and regulations to how animals are kept and cared for, It should also cover laws of what humans should and should not be allowed to to to animals, for example, slaughterhouses versus bull fighting, and finally the bill of rights should not state nor infer that animals should not be treated with the…
liberty, I would think of all the rights that I have, the fact that I am not pushed or forced to do the things that I do not want to do, and the fact that I have options. If I was to define equality, I would not be as confident as I am defining liberty. In my eyes, the basics of equality means that everyone has the same rights and the same treatment. My position on Old versus New Liberty would be that I believe in new liberty. I believe that any individual have the right…
to have the liberty to act according to your own will without obstructing someone else’s liberty. For example, freedom in America has been manifested in its equal treatment to all people, freedom of speech, and political freedom, referring to the right of citizens to participate in government, all of these regardless of race, gender, nationality, or creed. Freedom in America makes it possible for everyone to work hard towards their goals, and succeed according to their ability to be the best…
quote, though short, means the rights given by the Constitution are for the people, created by the…