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Single Idea 19872
[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights
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Full Idea
All the fruits the earth naturally produces, and beasts it feeds, belong to mankind in common, as they are produced by the spontaneous hand of Nature.
Gist of Idea
The animals and fruits of the earth belong to mankind
Source
John Locke (Second Treatise of Government [1690], 026)
Book Ref
Locke,John: 'Two Treatises of Government' [Everyman 1988], p.129
A Reaction
Not a popular view among 21st century ecologists, I guess, but this remains the implicit belief of anyone who goes hunting in the woods, and our enclosed gardens seem to endorse the idea.
Related Ideas
Idea 19873
We all own our bodies, and the work we do is our own [Locke]
Idea 19874
If a man mixes his labour with something in Nature, he thereby comes to own it [Locke]
Idea 19875
A man's labour gives ownership rights - as long as there are fair shares for all [Locke]
The
22 ideas
with the same theme
[rights that seem to belong to any living creature]:
7402
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Everyone has a right of self-preservation, and harming others is usually unjustifiable
[Grotius, by Tuck]
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7412
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Spinoza extended Hobbes's natural rights to cover all possible desires and actions
[Spinoza, by Tuck]
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19914
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In nature everything has an absolute right to do anything it is capable of doing
[Spinoza]
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19915
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Natural rights are determined by desire and power, not by reason
[Spinoza]
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19866
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The rational law of nature says we are all equal and independent, and should show mutual respect
[Locke]
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19872
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The animals and fruits of the earth belong to mankind
[Locke]
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19907
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There is a natural right to inheritance within a family
[Locke]
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3732
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Rational beings have a right to share in the end of an action, not just be part of the means
[Kant]
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21082
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A power-based state of nature may not be unjust, but there is no justice without competent judges
[Kant]
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21071
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There can be no restraints on freedom if reason does not reveal some basic rights
[Kant]
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20977
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Natural rights are nonsense, and unspecified natural rights is nonsense on stilts
[Bentham]
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21785
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We are only free, with rights, if we claim our freedom, and there are no natural rights
[Hegel, by Houlgate]
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22790
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We cannot assert rights which are unnatural
[Hegel]
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3774
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Rights are a matter of justice, not of benevolence
[Mill]
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3773
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No individual has the right to receive our benevolence
[Mill]
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14822
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If self-defence is moral, then so are most expressions of 'immoral' egoism
[Nietzsche]
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23836
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Obligations only bind individuals, not collectives
[Weil]
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21940
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Nature is not the basis of rights, but the willingness to risk death in asserting them
[Foucault]
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8050
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There are no natural or human rights, and belief in them is nonsense
[MacIntyre]
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7595
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The idea of a right seems fairly basic; justice may be the disposition to accord rights to people
[Scruton]
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5660
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Allegiance is prior to the recognition of individual rights
[Scruton]
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23262
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Experience, sympathy and history are sensible grounds for laying claim to rights
[Grayling]
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