| | | No I don't, you are lying. Self-protection is a well established reference for natural rights enumerated in the "Bill of Rights." I have made no other claim.
Nonsense......our culture has nothing to do with the basic survival needs of human beings and all animals on the planet.... For some weird reason you seem determined to equate paper documents with inborn instincts and
needs...
You, not me, have attempted to make an argument based upon Survival. Survival you say is at the bottom of the Needs hierarchy... which is untrue as I have pointed out to you numerous times now. In addition I have pointed out repeatedly that Needs Hierachy's attempt to explain Human Motivation, not Natural rights. There is no such thing as Survival rights, nor is it your right to have all your needs met.
So have you just resolved to just start lying now? Educate your self.
Bill of Rights Institute
"According to natural rights theory, as described by philosophers such as John Locke, everyone is born with an equality of certain rights, regardless of their nationality. Since they come from nature or from God, natural rights cannot be justly taken away without consent. As the Declaration of Independence asserts, natural (or “inalienable”) rights include “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Other natural rights are protected in the Bill of Rights, including freedom of speech, religion, and press. The Founders believed that it is an important purpose of government to protect peoples’ natural rights. Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom that infringements of conscience were a violation of natural rights; James Madison included protections from government abridgement of natural rights in the Bill of Rights. Belief in natural rights theory led many Founders, notably James Otis, to denounce slavery as a violation of natural rights. The Ninth Amendment addresses those natural rights not specifically listed in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, but which the people retain.
Later documents, including the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, and Letter from Birmingham Jail, refer to natural rights as the basis for protesting unjust treatment of women and African Americans.
Natural rights theory is a foundation for constitutional principles such as judicial protection of rights and majority rule versus minority rights, and civic values like respect and responsibility."
billofrightsinstitute.org
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