Early Human Rights

Popular Sovereignty:
Popular sovereignty is when the people in a republic are supreme and the political authority in the society comes from the will and approval of the subject population. The government is of, by, and for the people.

Natural Rights:
Natural Rights are rights that are considered part of human nature and cannot be taken away. The rights grow out of nature of being a human and are essential to human progress. They are different from rights given to people by law because natural rights are universal whereas legal rights are politically relative.

Right of Self Determination:
The right of self determination is the right of a free choice of ones own acts and the right to decide how they want to be governed without influences of a country or outside force. In other words, it's the freedom of people to determine their own political status.

Right to Revolution:
The right to revolution simply means that the subjects of a state have a right to overthrow their government or revolt if the government does not fulfill its duties.

Social Contract:
A social contract is an agreement that people of a society make to protect their natural rights. In this agreement the people give up some of their freedom to the government so that they can protect their natural rights.

I chose this order of importance because it was the most sensible to me. I think the most important is that the government is for the people because that leads to getting rights. The second most important is natural rights. I think it is important that there is a basis for the rights that can't be taken away. The third most important is the right of self determination. I think it's important to make free decisions. It shows that the people somewhat independent. The forth most important is the right of revolution. It's important because if all else goes wrong, the people can just revolt and overthrow the government. Last but not least is the social contract. I don't see why the people should give up their freedom since that's what their trying to gain, but i do think it's important to preserve their natural rights.
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