Rights Generally

October

Who is ultimately responsible for ensuring that human rights violations do not happen?

October 7, 2021

By B

Who is ultimately responsible for ensuring that human rights violations do not happen? You are going to hate this: There is only one group that can: the people. And the way they accomplish this is THEIR government [1]. Most governments around the world are not formed and controlled by...

October

Do people have the right to have a say in government decisions?

October 6, 2021

In Rights Generally

By B

Do people have the right to have a say in government decisions? In America, Yes. But the irrational left want to end it. They want us ruled, not a government of the people, by the people, for the people (the Gettysburg Address). One way specifically is through...

October

In our country today, are we free to express our own identity?

October 6, 2021

In Rights Generally

By B

In our country today, are we free to express our own identity? Yes. I think so. I hope so. But you are not free to demand that others see you the same way. ...

October

What is our most important human right?

October 4, 2021

In Rights Generally

By B

What is our most important human right? We have only one: freedom of thought. I make the case here. In freedom of thought, humans discover reality. If we limit thought in any way, we limit the minds ability to grasp true reality. It is our sole human right. There are...

October

Can individual human rights undermine the culture that protects those human rights?

October 4, 2021

In Rights Generally

By B

Can individual human rights undermine the culture that protects those human rights? No. Irrationality is undermining our one human right to think for ourselves. In time, a free society will rebalance however. Irrational people emotionally agitate for a “woke” agenda. But they are not woke. Instead, the woke are...

October

Does freedom not truly exist because freedom takes away from others freedom?

October 4, 2021

In Rights Generally

By B

Does freedom not truly exist because freedom takes away from others freedom? Does freedom of thought always exist? Yes. It is a human right. It is also the only way humans pursue/discover truth—themselves. This is why it must remain unmolested. People do not possess this human right so...

October

In the USA, who defines freedom, and has this freedom changed since it was first defined?

October 3, 2021

In Governance, Rights Generally

By B

In the USA, who defines freedom, and has this freedom changed since it was first defined? ANSWER: (1) The mind. (2) Freedom, as defined by the mind, varies, but it is limited in action, in an ideal world, by the people themselves. The more people, sadly,...

October

What are the different kinds of human rights?

October 3, 2021

In Rights Generally

By B

What are the different kinds of human rights? There are not different kinds. There is only one: Freedom of thought. We all share it, it cannot be taken away, and it is the sole means though which become humans. ...

October

Who said “As government expands liberty contracts.”? What did they mean?

October 2, 2021

In Governance, Rights Generally

By B

Who said “As government expands liberty contracts.”? What did they mean? I don’t know. I think many. But it is not entirely accurate. Specifically, as government expands to provide services to the citizen (healthcare, welfare, education, etc.), as opposed to the citizen providing it for themselves, the citizen...

October

Exercising freedom is an inalienable right of the human person. Can you explain this situation?

October 2, 2021

In Rights Generally

By B

Exercising freedom is an inalienable right of the human person. Can you explain this situation? Exercising one’s (intellectual) freedom, is not an inalienable right. Freedom of thought is an inalienable right. The American republic, the rule of law, and the justice system frame to what extent our...