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Tara Smith's "Moral Rights and Political Freedom"

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Page 1: Rights And Freedom

The Nature of ManSource of Moral Rights

What attributes are my defining characteristics?

What do I need to generate my own happiness?

From Moral Rights and Political Freeomby Tara Smith, Phd.

That they recognize that my Life is the only justification I need to claim my

Freedom and my Rights.

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That I am a being of volitional consciousness.I acquire knowledge by a process of reason that takes place in my own brain, not in a group brain of race or society.My survival depends on my choice to think and act.

Freedom to Live as a Human BeingFreedom to ThinkFreedom to ActFreedom from the threat or use of physical force by othersFreedom to generate my eaudaimonia

What do I need to defend my Freedom?

The Right to PropertyThe Right to ProduceThe Right to keep what I produce

The Right To LifeThe right to choose what I love most and want to do with my finite life.The right to rule my own life according to my own particular values.The right to make my own life my ultimate value and goal.

The Right to Have my Rights Respected by Others

The Right to not be used as a Means to the Ends of others.The right to exercise my Freedom

What am I entitled to from others?