The Right Stuff

altered to meet the needs of either an individual or society. Throughout history, people have struggled to balance the rights of individuals and society, not only in families, but also at schools, businesses, and communities. Even though, many nations have started to stabilize these two topics by enacting ordinances or creating policies, there still remain many situations where the rights of an individual and society need to…

unalienable rights. We have a right to life, a right to freedom from torture, a right to freedom of movement. These are unquestionable rights, they go without saying. But what about Animals, do they have rights as well? Is it ethical to experiment, test, and torture animals for human advancement? For human safety? For entertainment? This is a prominent issue today that keeps growing as time goes on. In in recent years, animal rights activists have been actively seeking more rights for animals.…

Animal Rights Animals should have rights to protect them and their physical and mental wellbeing. Animals used in testing, research, farming industries, and attractions, experience cruelty and abuse when being held captive and used for human needs and entertainment. Studies have shown that animals experience more physical and emotional distress and pain when used in research and in industries. Animal rights activists claim animals should have the same rights as humans and the right to live…

forced into. While the women who suffer from human rights violations under the Taliban takes place actively in Pakistan and Afghanistan, there are many other male children and adults worldwide that suffer from human rights issues. These women are treated just as badly as these slaves in western Africa. Both organizations are run by horrible people as well. These situations are scary to think about but without them we would not have a lot of the stuff we have today because a lot of our goods that…

My question here is why is abortion not permissible in this situation. If a person has the right to have an abortion because it is their body why should one be held accountable even in this situation? Does that mean a person should never have intercourse unless they are prepared to be getting pregnant. Thomson defends abortion when it seems that…

from two different theories which are the consensus theory and the conflict theory. In the consensus theory, John Locke wrote, that “…In the state of nature, people were created by god to be free, equal, independent, and with inherent inalienable rights to life, liberty and property” (Peak 2012, P. 11). This idea of consensus theory would allow the people to use force to protect their life, liberty and property against any and all “evildoers” and constantly being on guard to protect what is…

do not have the right to an education, so if someone asks if they have never been able to have an education some people will say yes, but in Africa it is not like that. That is right because in America they have the right to education and food. In Africa children have to work for what they have, some parents even work extra to provide for their kids. The children in Africa have many problems like poverty, health, children and aids, education, child abuse, child marriage, and right to water. The…

Introduction Aung San Suu Kyi is a Myanmarian human rights advocate who championed non-violent opposition to Burma’s (Myanmar) military government and helped establish the National League for Democracy (NLD). Despite being Burman by birth, Suu Kyi was educated overseas and until the late 1980’s lived in the UK with her husband and children. However on a return visit to Burma, Suu Kyi observed police terror, political turmoil and calls for democratic reform in the country. These were emphasized…

Animal Rights Animals. They have a brain, a nervous system, and they communicate through sound. Sound familiar? Like a human? In reality there are only a few differences between human and animal biologically. So why do we treat them so differently. We won’t test on ourselves for risky things so why are we doing it to animals? Animals should not be used for testing because they can feel it, they are helpless, and many of animals die from it every year. Animals should have rights. However, they…

(first women pilot, and the first to fly over the atlantic ocean), Angela Merkel (first female chancellor presiding over the most powerful European economy), J.K. Rowling (multi million dollar author-wrote Harry Potter), Rosa Parks (First lady of civil rights), and Oprah Winfrey (generous Philanthropist), have all made such a big impact on life ("31 Most Inspiring Women Who Changed The World”). Each of those women were influential in changing what was viewed as the normal. If each of those women…