human rights

• and human life are inseparable. Just like our dignity, it cannot be removed from us.We can respect, protect and promote our dignity by valuing our human rights in our community


  human rights
• are defined as titles or claims we have on other people or society


  human rights
• proceed direction from our dignity


  natural human rights
• are given to us by the state, primarily due to our citizenship. These are added rights that enable us to meet our needs and fulfill our duties as members of society.


  civil rights
• Church’s View of Human Rights


  inviolable

  universal

  inalienable
• 2 levels of freedom


  freedom of choice

  fundamental freedom
• (cannot be violated), since the source of human rights is God


  inviolable
• (for all), since God creates all human persons


  universal
• (inherent), since we cannot lose our rights anymore than we can stop our being human or God’s love of us

  inalienable
• Types of Human Rights


  personal rights

  social rights

  religious rights

  economic rights

  vocational rights
• This is the most fundamental right. The right to life is the primary condition of all other human rights


  right to life
• We have a right over our own bodies and bodily faculties and energies


  right to one's person
• Persons have the right to develop their own individual character.


  right to one's personality
• It is our right to avail of all possible means and opportunities to help us develop physically, intellectually, spiritually and socially.


  right to education
• When it comes to making moral decisions, all human persons have the right to act in accordance with their conscience.


  right to conscience
• As persons are bound to seek the truth and accordingly worship the Creator


  right to religion
• Human persons have a built-in natural right to at least a minimum respect from the members of their community.


  right to honor respect
• The right to free expression (or freedom of speech) and the right to assembly are the key elements of a free society


  right to free expression
• Just like the right to free expression, the right to organize is an essential ingredient of a free society.


  right to organize
• It is primarily through human persons gain the means to satisfy their essential human needs in life.


  right to livelihood
• This right is the right to exclusive control of one’s own possessions.


  right to property
• All human persons have the right to choose their career, vocation and status in life


  right to choose one's way of life
• This right of every person is to seek a partner in life and enter a union with the chosen person, as long as the act is within the grounds of the law of the state and dictates of the natural law.


  right to marriage