RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Moral Rights, Welfare Rights, Negative And Positive Rights
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First generation rights- function to protect the freedom of the individual against oppression and interference of the state and other citizens. (negative, first general, civil right). Un declaration of 1948: nurnberg trials, the holocaust, those who were prosecuted were representatives of the state, right to life is a first generation right. They function to reduce social inequalities and to assist vulnerable members of our society: the right to education, not to be exploited. Third generation or solidarity rights. the right to development and the right to self- determination. A group in the community, are vulnerable members in the world, have the right to self determination given their history and present conditions. To protect vulnerable groups of people, by virtue of race, religion, social status, etc. Mahoney- page 65 (ties in religion to human rights) 58-59 50th anniversary of the un declaration human rights.
