SOCI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Watt, Negative And Positive Rights, Visible Minority
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Punishment impose legitimate deprivations on the guilty legitimate" socially prescribed. Various types from retribution to rehabilitation to incapacitation. Punishment can also be understood as ritualized behaviour reinforcing norms and supporting systems of inequality. Claims shared equally regardless of sex, race, nationality, economic background, etc. Claims entrenched as legislative, in bills of rights to protect rights against infringement by others, including governments. Recourse sought using the language of moral and political claims-making. To life, liberty, pursuit of happiness (usa) Can"t be constrained by your gender, language, religion. Cannot be subjugated by other institutions (state) Enshrined in law (canadian charter of rights and freedoms, united nations. Rights enshrined by god/allah/ or the divine rights of kings. A natural right (property of yours at birth) Justification (i) versus implementation (ii: rights what are they, why have them, etc. Definition / justification issues (philosophical: rights how connect to institutions, to social & political processes,
