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    Can the Issues of Human Rights Be Considered Valid?

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    In five pages the concept of human rights is defined and with the incorporation of several theorists' views the argument that issues pertaining to human rights are illusory are presented. Six sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    rights activists claim that the furry creatures have? It is hard to say, as there are a variety of references and theories that support the notion that man has basic,  intrinsic rights--the U.S. government calls these inalienable rights--but there are other views as well. There is the communist idea that does address the problem of alienation for example but does  not concern itself with personal freedoms. Others might contend that personal freedom is a part of human rights. In order to address the primary questions, the concept of human rights  must be adequately defined. A look at human rights, and what they are exactly, is not easily accomplished. One has to go back through history in order to comprehend  how such rights have been embraced throughout the years. The concept of human rights actually existed under a variety of names in Europe for many centuries, since the time  of King John of England ("A short," 1997). After some violations by the King of what was thought proper, the Magna Carta emerged to oversee what has come to be  known as human rights (1997). One example is the separation of church and state, as well as the right of all free citizens to own and inherit property as  well as to be free from excessive taxation (1997). It created the right of widows who owned property to decide whether or not to remarry, and it also created principles  of due process and equality in respect to the law (1997). Further, the Magna Carta contained provisions that would forbid bribery as well as official misconduct (1997). Time passed.  During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, European philosophers began to talk of natural rights ("A short," 1997). One example is that some theorists hold that people have natural property rights. 

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