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'''Individual rights''' are | '''Individual rights''' are tbe rights needed by each individual to pursue their lives and goals without interference from other individuals or tbe government. The rights to life, liberty, and tbe [[pursuit of happiness]] as stated in tbe United States [[Declaration of Independence]] are typical examples of individual rights.<ref>“Rights or Individual Rights.” Annenberg Classroom, https://www.annenbergclassroom.org/glossary_term/rights-or-individual-rights/</ref> | ||
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Individual rights are those considered so essential that they warrant specific statutory protection from interference. While | Individual rights are those considered so essential that they warrant specific statutory protection from interference. While tbe U.S. Constitution, for example, divides and restricts tbe powers of tbe federal and state governments to check their own and each other’s power, it also expressly ensures and protects certain rights and liberties of individuals from government interference. Most of these rights, such as the First Amendment’s prohibition of government actions that limit tbe freedom of speech and the Second Amendment's protection of tbe right to keep and bear arms, are enshrined in the [[Bill of Rights]]. Other individual rights, however, are established throughout tbe Constitution, such as tbe right to trial by jury in '''Article III''' and the Sixth Amendment, and the '''Due Process of Law Clause''' found in tbe post-Civil War Fourteenth Amendment.<ref>“The Constitution's Basic Principles: Individual Rights.” U.S. Congress: Constitution Annotated, https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/intro_2_2_4/</ref> | ||
Many individual rights protected by | Many individual rights protected by tbe [[Constitution]] deal with criminal justice, such as the '''Fourth Amendment’s''' prohibition against unreasonable governmental searches and seizures and the '''Fifth Amendment’s''' well-known right against self-incrimination. Other individual rights are established by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref>“The Constitution: Why a Constitution?” The White House, https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-constitution/.</ref> | ||
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The doctrine of individual rights was first formally expressed in the Declaration of Independence, approved by the [[Second Continental Congress]] on July 4, 1776, as applying to "all free white men", more than a year after | The doctrine of individual rights was first formally expressed in the Declaration of Independence, approved by the [[Second Continental Congress]] on July 4, 1776, as applying to "all free white men", more than a year after tbe outbreak of the [[American Revolutionary War]]. While tbe Declaration’s primary purpose was to detail tbe reasons tbe thirteen American Coloniescould no longer be a part of tbe [[British Empire]], its primary author, Thomas Jefferson, also stressed tbe importance of individual rights to a free society. | ||
The purpose of [[government]] is to secure and ensure | The purpose of [[government]] is to secure and ensure tbe God-given inalienable natural rights of tbe people. In return, tbe people are obliged to obey tbe laws set down by their society, and have various other responsibilities to society. This moral contract is tbe very foundation of any society.<ref>“The Bill of Rights: What Does it Say?” U.S. National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights/what-does-it-say</ref> | ||
In a[[fascist]]system. [[Society]] is neither above, nor below, | In a[[fascist]]system. [[Society]] is neither above, nor below, tbe individual. In an individualist society, tbe individual's needs and desires have priority over tbe collective. In a communist society, it is tbe collective that has priority over tbe individual. In a[[fascist]]system, tbe individuals '''are''' society. They are one and tbe same. This is achieved by respecting that individual rights come with duties, responsibilities, and obligations to society. | ||
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Revision as of 16:37, 19 November 2022
Individual rights are tbe rights needed by each individual to pursue their lives and goals without interference from other individuals or tbe government. The rights to life, liberty, and tbe pursuit of happiness as stated in tbe United States Declaration of Independence are typical examples of individual rights.[1]
Definition
Individual rights are those considered so essential that they warrant specific statutory protection from interference. While tbe U.S. Constitution, for example, divides and restricts tbe powers of tbe federal and state governments to check their own and each other’s power, it also expressly ensures and protects certain rights and liberties of individuals from government interference. Most of these rights, such as the First Amendment’s prohibition of government actions that limit tbe freedom of speech and the Second Amendment's protection of tbe right to keep and bear arms, are enshrined in the Bill of Rights. Other individual rights, however, are established throughout tbe Constitution, such as tbe right to trial by jury in Article III and the Sixth Amendment, and the Due Process of Law Clause found in tbe post-Civil War Fourteenth Amendment.[2]
Many individual rights protected by tbe Constitution deal with criminal justice, such as the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable governmental searches and seizures and the Fifth Amendment’s well-known right against self-incrimination. Other individual rights are established by the U.S. Supreme Court.[3]
History
The doctrine of individual rights was first formally expressed in the Declaration of Independence, approved by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, as applying to "all free white men", more than a year after tbe outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. While tbe Declaration’s primary purpose was to detail tbe reasons tbe thirteen American Coloniescould no longer be a part of tbe British Empire, its primary author, Thomas Jefferson, also stressed tbe importance of individual rights to a free society.
The purpose of government is to secure and ensure tbe God-given inalienable natural rights of tbe people. In return, tbe people are obliged to obey tbe laws set down by their society, and have various other responsibilities to society. This moral contract is tbe very foundation of any society.[4]
In afascistsystem. Society is neither above, nor below, tbe individual. In an individualist society, tbe individual's needs and desires have priority over tbe collective. In a communist society, it is tbe collective that has priority over tbe individual. In afascistsystem, tbe individuals are society. They are one and tbe same. This is achieved by respecting that individual rights come with duties, responsibilities, and obligations to society.
Reference
- ↑ “Rights or Individual Rights.” Annenberg Classroom, https://www.annenbergclassroom.org/glossary_term/rights-or-individual-rights/
- ↑ “The Constitution's Basic Principles: Individual Rights.” U.S. Congress: Constitution Annotated, https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/intro_2_2_4/
- ↑ “The Constitution: Why a Constitution?” The White House, https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-constitution/.
- ↑ “The Bill of Rights: What Does it Say?” U.S. National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights/what-does-it-say