Key Terms (L3: Individual Rights and Freedom)

Question 1

Natural rights

Answer 1

adhere to all men, common dignity of human life

Question 2

natural law

Answer 2

binding rules for moral behaviour

Question 3

human rights

Answer 3

a right belonged to every human

Question 4

in regards to human rights, universal

Answer 4

apply to all people

Question 5

in regards to human rights, inalienable

Answer 5

cannot be removed or denigrated

Question 6

in regards to human rights, inseparable

Answer 6

come as a bundle, none more important than another

Question 7

veil of ignorance

Answer 7

know nothing of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society

Question 8

lexical priority

Answer 8

arranges principles in ‘lexical priority’, prioritising in order of Liberty Principle, Fair Equality of Opportunity & Difference Principle.’ ‘justice= fairness’

Question 9

maximin principal

Answer 9

toleration of exactly the level of inequality that maximises the position of the worst off in society

Question 10

positive freedom

Answer 10

freedom to act upon free will, ‘freedom to’

Question 11

negative freedom

Answer 11

freedom from external restraints ‘freedom from’

Question 12

harm principal

Answer 12

“The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others