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Second. Even if we may not know who our parents are, we are never born without
parents, and never live outside society, a society with its own peculiar culture,
history and resources.
a. Right to survive
b. Right to self-determination
c. to develop as a people
Third. Once a society reaches a certain degree of complexity, society can act only
through government.
Government is an agent of society, it never becomes society itself, it never
becomes the people themselves. It is an instrument of the people.
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Conclusions:
1. When we speak of national security – we speak about the security of the
people, not of the governors
When we speak of economic development – we talk about the
improvement of the standard of living of all the people, not the enrichment of the
governors.
2. Since govt is an agent of the people, people have the right to change both
the men who run the government and the structure and system of government itself
When the people cannot do so peacefully, they have the right to rebellion against
tyranny and oppression.
1. Right to Life
a. right to health
b. to own property
c. to work
d. to form trade unions and to strike
e. to social security
f. to rest and leisure
g. to move about freely within our country and freely to leave and return to it
h. to marry
i. to establish a family
j. to exercise the rights of parents
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etc.
Analogous – self-determination
a. sovereign equality in international affairs and intl organizations
b. freedom from racial discrimination
c. to political independence
d. freedom from colonialism
e. neo-colonialism
f. alien domination and intervention in national affairs
g. sovereignty over natural resources
h. all economic activity
i. control activities of foreign investors and transnational corporations
j. nationalize and expropriate their assets
k. freedom to choose and change our political, social, cultural and economic
systems
3. Right to Develop
To share in the cultural life of our community, form associations and live in an
international order
Which should be given priority? Economic, social and cultural rights or civil
and political rights?
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1. they are provided by law not by executive whim
2. they are necessary to preserve society or protect public
health, public morals, or similar rights of others
3. they must not exceed what is strictly necessary to achieve
their purpose