natural rights

Question 1

Bentham on natural rights:

Answer 1

“𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞: 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 - 𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒔.”

Question 2

to assert natural rights, would be to produce a second principle, possibly interfering with utility.

(a right to life & the liberty of an individual interferes w…)
(what wld be a denial of utilitarianism?)

Answer 2

it could be argued that a right to life and the liberty of an individual interferes with the greatest general happiness - to say individual right to life > principle of utility wld be a denial of utilitarianism

Question 3

Mill on natural rights:

Answer 3

“𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬; 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚r𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞, 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠”