Name: Legal Rights and the State
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 38 s
Description: Learn about the fundamental human rights everyone is entitled to and understand their importance in creating a just and fair society.

Question

What purpose do rights serve and, why are they so important?

Accepted Answer

A right is an entitlement. It serves the following purpose.

(i) Rights are necessary to earn a livelihood.

(ii) Rights are helpful to develop talent and skills.

(iii) Rights are important to lead a 'respectful and dignified life'.

(iv) Rights are given to human being by nature of God to be born with, i.e. right to life, liberty and property, etc. as inalienable rights.

(v) If an activity is harmful to our health and well-being, it cannot be claimed as a right, i.e. the use of prohibited drugs and smoking to be injurious to health cannot be claimed as a right.

Rights are important because:
(i) To lead a life of respect and dignity, i.e. economic independence gives the right to fulfil the basic needs of a person by one's talents and interests.

(ii) Citizens enjoy the rights to express themselves freely in different ways to be creative and original.

(iii) The rights let the government be aware of its success and failures and feedback of people.

(iv) Rights are necessary for the entire world, he. Right to livelihood, freedom of expression, etc.

What purpose do rights serve and, why are they so important?

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