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Single Idea 22790
[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights
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Full Idea
No one can assert a right against nature.
Gist of Idea
We cannot assert rights which are unnatural
Source
Georg W.F.Hegel (Elements of the Philosophy of Right [1821], 244 add)
Book Ref
Hegel,Georg W.F.: 'Elements of the Philosophy of Right', ed/tr. Wood,Allen W. [CUP 1991], p.266
A Reaction
Although the existence of natural rights is dubious (or nonsense, for Bentham), this is a vague but sensible constraint on what can plausibly be asserted as a right. The rights we create in society must respond to natural needs.
The
22 ideas
with the same theme
[rights that seem to belong to any living creature]:
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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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3773
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No individual has the right to receive our benevolence
[Mill]
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3774
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Rights are a matter of justice, not of 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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