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| '''Unalienable Rights''' cannot be separated from the human psyche. As integral parts of ], these rights cannot be relinquished, reduced, or taken by any means. References to "unalienable rights" are presented as statements of fact about the ]. | |||
| == Unalienable Rights in Art and Literature == | |||
| The best known use of the term "unalienable rights" may be found in the ]. In the Declaration, the ] explains the reason that the ] must separate from the ]: that rule of the Crown is in direct conflict with the unalienable rights of the colonists. The colonists assert that ] and the desire to benefit self and society as one sees fit are so integrated with ] that they cannot be relinquished. The ] unanimously proclaims that, by virtue of their basic humanity, they must alter or abolish any ] threatening these rights. | |||
| In modern literature, rights that cannot be alienated from the nature of man are called '']''. In contrast, rights based on religious and moral principles are called '']'', ''universal rights'' and, infrequently, ''inalienable rights''. | |||
| === Source of Unalienable Rights === | |||
| In literature, the source of mankind's unalienable rights is said or assumed to be the force of nature or being that created them. | |||
| The ] says that the unalienable rights of man come from "their Creator." As was the ] custom of the era, mankind's creator was referenced, but not specified. | |||
| While '']'' often rely on a generally accepted source to provide proof of existence, ''unalienable rights'' require no source. Proof of their existence is "self-evident." | |||
| === Proof of Unalienable Rights === | |||
| :''"We hold these truths to be '''self-evident''', that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,"'' ~] | |||
| The ] asserts that unalienable rights are self-evident: evident for all to see. Other works of literature and film expand the necessity of natural rights to ''all'' thinking beings. In the extreme example of Warner Brother's '']'', the popular science-fiction prequel to '']'', the question of natural rights in thinking ''machines'' is addressed. That film and other philosophical works point out that one must make choices in order to think, and that one must have freedom in order to make choices. | |||
| == Natural Rights History == | |||
| The idea of rights that cannot be taken from human beings by virtue of their nature can be traced to ancient Greek and Medieval thinkers. Grotius, Hobbes, Pufendorf, and other influential thinkers codified these ideas in the modern era. ] used the concept of natural rights to justify much of his ''Second Treatise of Government'' in 1690. Natural rights were the original basis of the ] movement. ]'s popular 1974 book ''Anarchy, State, and Utopia'' begins, "Individuals have rights, and there are things no person or group may do to them." | |||
| == Inalienable v. Unalienable == | |||
| Controversy exists over whether '''''inalienable''''' means the same thing as '''''unalienable'''''. '''Unalienable''' is an archaic term always ] in reference to that part of the human psyche which cannot be relinquished through any means. Proponents for a common definition assert that '''inalienable''' means the same thing. Whether or not they ''should'' mean the same thing is a matter of debate, but in current speech ( ), '''inalienable''' is widely used in the context of a plea for things not to be taken, or to be given back after they are taken, based on moral grounds. | |||
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