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  2. Right to life - Wikipedia

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    The right to life is the belief that a human (or other animal) has the right to live and, in particular, should not be killed by another entity. The concept of a right to life arises in debates on issues including: capital punishment, with some people seeing it as immoral; abortion, with some considering the killing of a human embryo or fetus immoral; euthanasia, in which the decision to end ...

  3. Outline of rights - Wikipedia

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    Right to arms; Disability rights; Marital rights; Prisoners' rights. Prisoner of war; Right to life; Right to die; Divine Right of Kings; Unenumerated rights; Equal rights; Fundamental rights; Right to vote. Right of foreigners to vote; Right of expatriates to vote in their country of origin; Political freedom. Freedom of assembly; Freedom of ...

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

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    "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" is a well-known phrase from the United States Declaration of Independence. [1] The phrase gives three examples of the unalienable rights which the Declaration says have been given to all humans by their Creator , and which governments are created to protect.

  5. Philosophy of human rights - Wikipedia

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    One of the most important "Natural Human Right" is right to life. Ancient Indian texts suggest that Lord Mahavira, the founder of Jain Sect, was also the founder of this Right To Life. His teachings & principles focused on the doctrine or philosophy, " Live & Let Live". This philosophy is based on the principle of non-vigilance.

  6. Negative and positive rights - Wikipedia

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    Under the theory of positive and negative rights, a negative right is a right not to be subjected to an action of another person or group such as a government, usually occurring in the form of abuse or coercion. Negative rights exist unless someone acts to negate them. A positive right is a right to be subjected to an action of another person ...

  7. List of philosophical concepts - Wikipedia

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    A priori and a posteriori; A series and B series; Abductive reasoning; Ability; Absolute; Absolute time and space; Abstract and concrete; Adiaphora; Aesthetic emotions

  8. 45 Stephen Hawking Quotes About Life, Philosophy and Purpose

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    45 Stephen Hawking Quotes. 1. “Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.” 2. “It would not be much of a universe if it wasn’t home to the people you love.”

  9. Natural rights and legal rights - Wikipedia

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    Likewise, different philosophers and statesmen have designed different lists of what they believe to be natural rights; almost all include the right to life and liberty as the two highest priorities. H. L. A. Hart argued that if there are any rights at all, there must be the right to liberty, for all the others would depend upon this. T. H.