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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: LLCF who wrote (81577)10/22/2009 8:35:19 PM
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"The best interests of a dependant child are entrusted to society and more specifically to those guardians who are expected to serve and protect those interests. Inalienable rights do not exhaust the moral domain, anymore than they entitle one to act capriciously with respect to any and all endeavors without responsibility for the consequence."

>>>"one would expect (as is the case after birth) that 'rights' accrue over time"

In some respects they do and in others they do not. A child has the right to have support of it's well being provided for by a guardian, where as an adult has less claim to such rights and in most cases loses that right. You can even view it as a shifting to less rights of support as the child assumes more responsibility with age until there is no right to demand support. From this perspective the younger a child is the greater its rights are. And the way our laws are designed the rights are re-defined at certain age rights of passage.

One key in considering children's rights comes from the concept of 'best interest of the child.' Courts use this term to make decisions and the international community recognizes it as a fundamental aspect of a child's right. The other important consideration to do with choice. Where there are rights we normally consider the right to choose the engagement of a right or the level of engagement.

Inalienable right is something different, although there is some overlap. Inalienable rights are rights that are inherently right as a condition of being.

Inequality of rights is an antiquated notion. We don't consider the rights of one human being to outweigh another human being's rights.
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