Discuss One Conception Of A Good Or Worthwhile Life For A Human Being
1) Outline one conception of a good or worthwhile life for a human being. What would a democratic state (such as India) need to do in order to preserve and protect the values that guide your chosen conception of good life?
My concept of a good or worthwhile life for a human being is to be part of an egalitarian society. Egalitarianism is a concept that favours equality for all citizens or people of that nation to be holding equal fundamental rights and to express and act on irrespective of their caste, class, race, ethnicity or traits that are considered desirable and acceptable by the majority of population. For this to happen a country like India should set up a ground for fair social contract between two parties or more to occur in terms of negotiation and compensation which will …show more content…
And the other the assumption that one can do things for the greater good or for some important work by making decisions for others is clearly faulty and unfair because these people would not be given the option to decide or voice their opinion.
3) Briefly outline the distinction between natural rights and legal rights. Do you think that human rights contain some component of “natural” rights?
Those rights which people are born with are referred to as natural rights, these are independent of the laws of any given nation or government. They are universal and cannot be repealed by any authority. Right to life is an example of a natural right.
Legal rights are guaranteed under the law and they exist under the rules of a legal system. These are based on a society’s customs and highly depended on a specific society.
Yes they do like right to life is common to both and some natural rights are the basis for few human rights to exist
My concept of a good or worthwhile life for a human being is to be part of an egalitarian society. Egalitarianism is a concept that favours equality for all citizens or people of that nation to be holding equal fundamental rights and to express and act on irrespective of their caste, class, race, ethnicity or traits that are considered desirable and acceptable by the majority of population. For this to happen a country like India should set up a ground for fair social contract between two parties or more to occur in terms of negotiation and compensation which will …show more content…
And the other the assumption that one can do things for the greater good or for some important work by making decisions for others is clearly faulty and unfair because these people would not be given the option to decide or voice their opinion.
3) Briefly outline the distinction between natural rights and legal rights. Do you think that human rights contain some component of “natural” rights?
Those rights which people are born with are referred to as natural rights, these are independent of the laws of any given nation or government. They are universal and cannot be repealed by any authority. Right to life is an example of a natural right.
Legal rights are guaranteed under the law and they exist under the rules of a legal system. These are based on a society’s customs and highly depended on a specific society.
Yes they do like right to life is common to both and some natural rights are the basis for few human rights to exist