what are moral rights?

Answer 1

Moral rights are rights of creators of copyrighted works...Those jurisdictions that include moral rights in their copyright statutes are called droit d'auteur states, which literally means "right of the author".Moral rights include the right of attribution, the right to have a work published.

Answer 2

I think you mean moral beliefs and how they contribute to say human/animal rights. Moral 'rights' don't exist as specific rules because each country and indeed, individual person, has their own take on morals, which in turn create human rights etc. Different peoples morals often contradict. They could be taken as beliefs on the basic rights that everything on earth has (encompassing humans, animals, insects, plants and the world as a whole...!). Obviously morals often vary depending on what is being spoken about in terms of animals and humans and so on.

Morals are often concerned with things like the harm, violation and exploitation of other things/people and in most countries laws are created around the morals beliefs of a country as a whole. Some may say that basic morals stem from evolutionary roots but I'm afraid this can never be proven. This may also be disproved in the contradictions that appear in the moral beliefs across the world-including things like taking the life of another (some countries have the death penalty for example, whilst other do not).

Morals can be an interesting area of study because indeed they pretty much control every aspect of our lives, even though there is no definite or absolute set of morals. However, if you go against the moral beliefs of your country, and infringe on the 'rights' of humans, animals or anything else, chances are you could be down for a hefty punishment.

Answer 3

As Jeniffer has mentioned, in a legal context, moral rights would usually refer to the rights of an author (the producer of an artistic work) to the preservation of his work regardless of it's ownership (the buyer of the same work). It's sort of a residual right over something that is not yours anymore.
On the other hand, "Girl" has mentioned a common use of the idea but, strictly speaking, it involves a contradiction, since moral issues involve duties to God or humanity while legal issues involve rights and obligations to the State. So you can ask yourself if you have the "moral duty" to preserve life or the "legal right" to an abortion. Still, you can "upgrade" a moral duty into a legal right if society feels the need to protect a moral duty further.

Answer 4

Do you mean human rights? the morals are like the rules we live by and human rights are what we are entitled to.

Answer 5

I think 'rights' are legal things not moral things.

Answer 6

Like the whole abortion situation. Is it morally right to take that baby's life? or using foetuses for stem cell research!? They are moral choices and decisions.

Answer 7

heard of human rights, not moral??

ever heard of taking the moral high ground?

not really a lawyer, ask one of them, they will probally charge you though (wheres the morals!!).

do you get where ime going???