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  2. Reverence for Life - Wikipedia

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    Standing, as all living beings are, before this dilemma of the will to live, a person is constantly forced to preserve his own life and life in general only at the cost of other life. If he has been touched by the ethic of reverence for life, he injures and destroys life only under a necessity he cannot avoid, and never from thoughtlessness.

  3. Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness - Wikipedia

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    The Fifth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution declare that governments cannot deprive any person of "life, liberty, or property" without due process of law. Also, Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights reads, "Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person".

  4. Sanctity of life - Wikipedia

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    In religion and ethics, the sanctity of life, sometimes described as the inviolability of life, [1] [2] is a principle of implied protection regarding aspects of sentient life that are said to be holy, sacred, or otherwise of such value that they are not to be violated.

  5. Life expectancy in U.S. could stall by 2050 because America ...

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    The authors noted that a slight increase in life expectancy in 2050 would be due to a decline in mortality rates, including dropping rates of deaths from heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

  6. Natural rights and legal rights - Wikipedia

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    Since by our (human) nature, we seek to maximize our well being, rights are prior to law, natural or institutional, and people will not follow the laws of nature without first being subjected to a sovereign power, without which all ideas of right and wrong are meaningless – "Therefore before the names of Just and Unjust can have place, there ...

  7. Life expectancy in the US is forecast to grow slightly, but ...

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    Life expectancy in the U.S. is projected to increase from 78.3 years in 2022 to 79.9 years in 2035 and to 80.4 years in 2050 for all sexes combined, researchers said.

  8. An unjust law is no law at all - Wikipedia

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    His answer is no; a law only need to be obeyed if it is legitimate in three ways: The Purpose: The law must be for the common good. The Author: It must be in the scope of the authority making the law. The Form: And its burden should be equal and apply to all. Aquinas says that the disobedience should not itself cause harm or lead people into evil.

  9. Why Americans Lag in Life Expectancy -- Even as Health Care ...

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    It's often reported that the U.S. lags other nations when it comes to gains in life expectancy, but a new study from Columbia University finds that the reasons aren't the commonly cited obesity ...