Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. They do exist in the United States (more than most countries in the world) and they are presumed to belong to all citizens.
2007-02-13 06:48:13
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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The Declaration of Independence states that
"they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,"
So you can infer from this declaration that the Creator give you inalienable rights.
The list of inalienable rights included life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (but there are others, they just are not stated in the document).
Governments secure the inalienable rights, and thus can further develop the list of inalienable rights, since they (the governments) are the defenders of the rights, but only with the consent of the people who are governed.
Even the rights in our Constitution are not "inalienable," because the rights and powers in our constitution have been changed over time. So there is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and then there is the right of governments and the consenting people to defend their rights.
2007-02-13 06:55:55
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answer #2
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answered by _Bogie_ 4
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The unalienable rights of men are the rights to life, liberty and property. It was changed in the declaration of independance to "the pursuit of happiness". They are assumed to belong to all citizens of the world.
2007-02-13 06:50:19
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answered by Cato 4
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