Man’s Rights

Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence

The ________ stated that men "are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights ..

logical transition

Rights "are a moral concept- the concept that provides a(n) ________ from the principles guiding an individuals actions to the principles guiding his relationship with others- the concept that preserves and protects individual morality in a social context- the link between the moral code of a man and the legal code of a society, between ethics and politics.

Criminals

________ are a small minority in any age or country.

unpopular minorities

The political function of "the right of free speech "is to protect dissenters and ________ from forcible suppression-* not* to guarantee them the support, advantages and rewards of a popularity they have not gained.

outright confiscation

A collectivist tyranny dare not enslave a country by a(n) ________ of its values, material or moral.

physical compulsion

It means freedom from ________, coercion or interference by other men.

economic realm

The "gimmick "was the switch of the concept of rights from the political to the ________.

Private citizens

________ are not a threat to one anothers rights or freedom.

Altruism

________ is incompatible with freedom, with capitalism and with individual rights.

Divine Right of Kings

The ________ "summarizes the political theory of the first-* "Vox populi, vox dei* "of the second.

Declaration of Independence

The ________ laid down the principle that "to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men ..