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To: Ish who wrote (12388)	7/21/2001 7:40:25 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 59480

It does, indeed. The idea of inalienable rights derives, originally, from Hobbes. In the "Leviathan", the individual surrenders much of his liberty to the sovereign in order to live more securely, instead of in a state of war with others. However, there is a "zone of rights" that are "inalienable", that is, that cannot rationally be surrendered in subscribing to the social contract. Since the motive for entering into the contract is to live in greater security of one's life and propery, those rights of self- defense and ordinary entitlement to property cannot be given away. In other words, no man can voluntarily become a slave. "Alienable" refers to those liberties which can be given away; "inalienable" refers to those that cannot.