CL - Natural Rights Flashcards
What are the 5 influences on classical liberalism?
Natural rights Economic liberalism Social Darwinism Now-liberalism Utilitarianism
What is a right?
An entitlement to act or be treated in a particular way
What can a right be?
Legal or moral
Who are the key thinkers for natural rights?
Locke and Jefferson
Why are rights ‘natural’ according to Locke and J?
They are invested in humans beings by nature or God
What is another word for natural rights?
Human rights
What did Jefferson say rights are and why?
Inalienable - humans are entitled to them by virtue of by human, they cannot in that sense be taken away
What do natural rights establish?
The essential conditions for living a truly human existence
What are the three rights according to Locke?
Life, liberty and property
What did Jefferson criticise about life, liberty and property?
Property is not a god-given right, but one that had developed for human convenience
What did Jefferson day the three inalienable rights were in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
What does the idea of Natural Rights distinguish between?
Authoritarian thinkers from early liberals
What do Hobbes and Locke believe in?
A ‘social contract’
What did Hobbes argue about government?
Only a strong government (preferably a monarchy) would be able to establish order and security in society
Why did Locke argue government is established?
In order to protect natural rights
