RIGHTS AND DUTIES Flashcards
(38 cards)
objectively taken, is anything which is owed or due.
Right
are those based on natural law, that is on human nature eg. The right to live; the right to education ; the right to work.
Natural rights
are those based on human positive laws, either those enacted by the State or a religious sect.
Human rights
are those dependent upon law of the state
Civil rights
are those dependent upon the laws of the church or religious sect.
Ecclesiastical
are those civil or religious which can be surrendered, renounced, or removed, such as the right to travel.
Alienable
are those which cannot be surrendered, renounced, or removed, such as the right to decent livelihood.
Inalienable rights
is the power of lawful authority to govern his subjects and to make laws for them. A father has the right of jurisdiction over his children.
Right of jurisdiction
the power to own, to sell, to barter, to lend, to change, or give away one’s personal possessions. The farmer has property rights to the lands he owns and the produce thereof.
Right of property
refers to all rights in so far as they based on law. These rights must be respected, allowed, fulfilled, as a matter of strict justice.
Juridical rights –
are those which are not founded on laws, either natural or human, but on virtue.
Non – juridical rights
the power inherent in rights to prevent their violation to exact redress for their unjust violation. eg. A person whose right has been violated may sue the aggressor in court.
Coaction
the natural limits or boundary beyond which a right may not be insisted without violating the rights of another. eg. One may not play his radio in a way that would disturb the right of another who wants to sleep.
Limitation
the conflict of two rights so related that is not possible to exercise one without violating another. eg. Contraception bill .
Collision
are those which an individual enjoys in his private activities, or in his transactions with others, as protected and granted by law.eg. The right to privacy, the right to travel or change residence, the right to property, the right to worship, and the right to access to a court of justice.
Civil
are those which an individual enjoys in participation in government affairs. These include the rights to free speech, the right to form associations, the right to assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances, the right to vote and be devoted upon to public office.
Political
taken objectively, is anything we are obliged to do or to omit. Taken subjectively, is a moral obligation incumbent upon a person of doing, omitting, or avoiding something.
Duty
are those imposed by natural law such as, the duty to care for our health.
Natural
are those imposed by human positive law such as, the duty to pay taxes and to observe traffic rules.
Positive
are those which require the performance of a certain act, such as casting a ballot during election, or, applying for as business license. .
Affirmative
it comes the Latin word “religare” which means to bind back. It is a bond or a fellowship between man and the Supreme Being (Creator).
religion
religion is a system of beliefs, rituals, moral practices and laws pertaining to the divine worship. In this sense, religion is called a
creed or faith
these are human acts pertaining to the practices of religion. They include:
Acts of Religion
the act of assenting to religious truths.
Faith
