Human Rights & Why We Have Government

What is Dignity?

• Being worthy of honor/respect

• Fundamental Rights

• The agreement that people should obey the laws they created

• Every man for himself

What are Unalienable Rights?

• Rights we are born with

• Rights that can't be taken away from us

• The agreement that people should obey the laws that they created

• Every man for himself

What are Natural Rights?

• Every man for himself

• The government can't prosecute those who are unfairly accused of crimes

• Created by John Locke, they are the rights that you are born with

• A small group of people have all the power

What is Due Process?

• The agreement that people obey the laws and the government they created

• Fundamental rights that every person is entitled to and they can’t be taken away from them

• The government can’t prosecute those who are unfairly accused of crimes and where the treatment of the accused should be reasonable, fair, and they should follow certain procedures

• Life, liberty, and property

What is Consent of the Governed?

• Every man for himself

• Fundamental rights that every person is entitled to and they can’t be taken away from them

• The principle that the government and the people who are governed need to follow the law and they are all subject to the law

• The agreement that people obey the laws and the government they created

What is State of Nature?

• Every man for himself

• The agreement that people obey the laws and the government they created

• The principle that the government and the people who are governed need to follow the law and they are all subject to the law

• A declaration with a preamble and thirty articles that list the basic human rights that everyone is entitled to

How did the Holocaust/WWII help lead to the acceptance of more human rights for more people?

• The UN UDHR was created so horrible incidents like the Holocaust would never happen again

• An act passed by Parliament in 1689 that limited the amount of power the monarchy had

• It granted certain rights to English nobles like a jury, life, liberty, and property

How did the English Bill of Rights help lead to the acceptance of more human rights for more people?

• So horrible incidents like the Holocaust would never happen again

• It granted certain rights to English nobles like a jury, life, liberty, and property

• An act passed by Parliament in 1689 that limited the amount of power the monarchy had. Many of the human rights that we have today were created in the English Bill of Rights

How did the Magna Carta help lead to the acceptance of more human rights for more people?

What is the UN UDHR and why was it created?

• UN UDHR is a declaration with a preamble and thirty articles that list the basic human rights that everyone is entitled to. The UDHR was created so that events like WWII and the Holocaust would never happen again

• It limited the amount of power the monarchy had

• It granted certain rights to English nobles like a jury, life, liberty, and property

• The principle that the government and the people who are governed need to follow the law and they are all subject to the law