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SOVEREIGN RIGHTS that are natural to all humans, can not be taken away by any man or woman, enforcement officer or government official.
LIFE
A sovereign individual is a living being. Each of us has a right to life, and to maintain that life. This is the first sovereign right.
SURVIVAL
The right to survive includes the right. . .
To preserve and continue one’s existence
To provide for the material survival of oneself (and one’s family)
To use the resources provided by nature:
Air
Water
Clothing
Food
Shelter
To labor
To enjoy the fruits of one’s labor
To pursue the betterment of one’s circumstances
FREEDOM
The right to freedom includes. . .
The right to be free from …
Captivity
Slavery and involuntary servitude
Invasion
Coercion
Force
Tyranny
Forced adhesion
Forced allegiance
SELF-OWNERSHIP
The right of self-ownership includes the right. . .
To make personal choices
To determine one’s actions and reactions
To exercise exclusive authority over oneself
PROPERTARIAN RIGHTS
(SURVIVAL)
SELF-DEFENSE
The right to self-protection includes...
The right to defend oneself from . . .
Injury
Death
Torture
Subjection to force or captivity
Subjection to oppression or tyranny
The right to extend this protection beyond oneself to include . . .
One’s family
Innocent third parties
One’s nation
The right to own and carry weapons
PROPERTY
The right to property includes . . .
The right to . . .
Acquire
Possess
Protect and defend
Enjoy
Control
Develop
Be secure in
Dispose of
Own title to
. . . private objects, including, but not limited to . . .
Land
Consumable goods
Money
Personal possessions
Information
Intellectual property
Personal likenesses
The right to be secure in one’s property from trespass
The right to be secure in one’s property from forced quartering of others
The right to be secure in one’s property from acquisition or use by others
The right to use of the natural resources of one’s property, and to establish just claim to the use thereof
CONTROL OF BODY
The right to control of body includes . . .
The right to control one’s own body
The right to make decisions about one’s body so long as this does not include intentionally harming an unborn baby, therefore infringing on that baby's right to life
The right to seek care
The right to refuse care
The right to administer self-care
MOVEMENT AND LOCATION
The right to movement and location includes . . .
The right to move one’s body or change location as one desires
The right to travel freely
The right to migrate freely
The right to leave a given country or area
The right to choose where to live
The right to reside in a given place unmolested by others
PROCREATION
The right of procreation includes . . .
The right to conceive and bear children
The right to keep and raise one’s children
PROPERTARIAN RIGHTS
(FREEDOM)
PAIRING
The right to pairing includes . . .
The right to choose a consenting mate
The right to enter into private or religious marriage or bonding arrangements without government interference or involvement
PRIVACY
The right to privacy includes . . .
The right to be alone
The right to seclude oneself
The right to seclude personal information
The right to be selective about recipients of information
The right to be selective about associations
The right to be anonymous
The right to secure from search and scrutiny one’s
Person
Property
Finances
Documents
EXPRESSION AND SPEECH
The right of expression and speech includes . . .
The right to express any idea and disseminate information through any medium: voice, print, or other means.
THOUGHT AND CONSCIENCE
The right to thought and conscience includes . . .
The right to employ one’s reason and intellect
The right to act on the rational judgments of one’s own mind
The right to contrive and invent
The right to hold opinions and beliefs independent of others
The right to one’s emotions
The right to choose one’s values
The right to employ one’s values in one’s daily life
PRESERVATION OF FREEDOM
The right to preservation of freedom includes . . .
The right to maintain one’s condition of freedom, using force if necessary, to defend oneself from . . .
Injury
Death
Torture
Subjection to force or captivity
Subjection to oppression or tyranny
Forced adhesion
Forced allegiance
The right to extend this protection beyond oneself to include . . .
One’s family
One’s community
One’s nation
The right to own and carry whatever weapons are necessary to discharge this right
ASSOCIATIVE RIGHTS
(SURVIVAL)
MUTUAL PROTECTION
The right to work with others to form collective security arrangements to defend the persons, property, and territory of individuals and groups
The right to equip and empower security forces and personnel to the degree necessary to discharge their assigned roles
The right to exercise oversight authority over the conduct of said personnel and forces
The right to maintain the means to provide individual and collective defense against oppression, tyranny, or external force.
COMMERCE
The right to engage in voluntary private transactions with individuals or groups
To buy
To sell
To trade
The right to make contracts and voluntary agreements
The right to make agreements that yield a portion of one’s own property in exchange for a portion of another’s
The right to title over property in any such agreement voluntarily entered into
The right to purchase the labor of a willing seller
The right to sell one’s labor to a willing buyer
The right to gather with others to form private business and employment associations
The right not to be compelled to form business or employment associations
The right not to be compelled to join business or employment associations
The right not to be compelled to pay for others’ business or employment associations
The right to choose a profession
The right to refuse to engage in any transaction not previously contracted
The right to fail
MEDICINE
The right to create institutions for the delivery of medical care
The right to deliver care to willing patients
The right of patients to seek care
The right to create institutions for the teaching of medical knowledge
MIGRATION AND TRAVEL
The right of people, through cooperation and with respect of property rights, to create roads and thoroughfares
The right of people to migrate to unoccupied territory
The right of people to create MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE agreements for travel, movement, and migration through private areas or to create public rights-of-way
ASSOCIATIVE RIGHTS
(FREEDOM)
GROUP PRIVACY
The right to form private associations
The right to maintain private membership
The right to maintain private finances
The right to maintain private documents
COLLECTIVE EXPRESSION
The right to gather with others to express ideas and disseminate information
The right to a free press
The right to form political parties and express platforms
The right to create ideological, intellectual, and artistic movements and to express the views thereof
The right to artistic and other forms of collaborative expression
BELIEF SYSTEMS AND RELIGION
The right to associate with others and develop belief systems
The right to associate with others and adhere to belief systems
The right to choose a belief system
The right not to choose a belief system
The right to worship in the manner one chooses
The right to choose not to worship
The right to practice religion
The right not to practice religion
The right to associate and form religious groups with others
The right of groups to freedom of association and expression, and
To evangelize
To solicit members
To train members
To self-govern
To discipline, expel, and excommunicate members
CONSENT
The right to establish government
The right to participate in government
The right to control government via consent and representation
The right to petition government and seek redress
The right to alter government
The right to institute new government
The right to rebel against tyranny
The right to jury nullification
The right to reject laws that violate natural rights
The right to transparent government
The right to monitor government
The right to vote or have a say in governance
The right to withdraw consent
SOCIAL RIGHTS
(THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF CIVILIZATION)
ASSOCIATION
The right of association includes . . .
The right to associate with any person or group
The right to disassociate from any person or group
The right to be alone
The right to agree to form mutually acceptable agreements with any person or group
The right to form voluntary groups for mutually beneficial purposes
The right to occupy mutually agreeable meeting spaces
The right to create exclusive associations
FAMILY FORMATION
The right of people, through pairing and procreation, for form sovereign family groups
The right of a sovereign family unit to make choices they deem beneficial, free from external coercion
The right (and responsibility) of parents to provide physical care to their children*
The right (and responsibility) of parents to provide intellectual, emotional, and spiritual care to their children*
The right (and responsibility) of parents to discipline their children*
* Parents have freedom of means and degrees, so long as the child’s natural rights and nascent natural rights are not violated.
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
The right to join with others to form complex social units and social organizational structures
The right to develop and observe customs and traditions
The right to derive ongoing guidance from accumulated human wisdom
The right to develop common law
The right to agree to a social contract
SOCIAL CONTRACT
The right to form a political society that preserves, secures, and defends individual rights to the maximum degree, and with the minimum disruption, possible.
THE NECESSARY FINAL COMPONENT . . .
Equal Claim
The moral condition that all individuals have equal title to natural rights.
A quick coda on “civil rights.”
Once the metaphorical (or literal, in the case of the United States) social contract has been “signed,” natural rights (are supposed to) become codified as civil rights, as part of a fixed, knowable rule of law. Among the civil rights most commonly thought of as essential are those that pertain to justice, such as
The right to be responsible only for one’s own crimes
The right to a speedy and public trial
The right to an impartial jury
The right to be informed of the crime of which one is accused
The right to be confronted with the witnesses
The right to be able to call witnesses in one’s favor
The right to have legal representation
The right not to be tried twice for the same crime
The right not to be compelled to witness against oneself
The right to fair trial
The right to due process
The right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment
The right to be free from excessive fines
The right to habeas corpus
The right to be confronted with one’s accuser
The right to take those actions needed to prevent criminals from repeating crimes, within the bounds of what is required to do so.
If you had the strength to make it this far, then feel free to chime in in the comments with ideas, critiques, etc.
http://www.westernfreepress.com/2014/10/22/a-taxonomy-and-list-of-natural-rights/
LIFE
A sovereign individual is a living being. Each of us has a right to life, and to maintain that life. This is the first sovereign right.
SURVIVAL
The right to survive includes the right. . .
To preserve and continue one’s existence
To provide for the material survival of oneself (and one’s family)
To use the resources provided by nature:
Air
Water
Clothing
Food
Shelter
To labor
To enjoy the fruits of one’s labor
To pursue the betterment of one’s circumstances
FREEDOM
The right to freedom includes. . .
The right to be free from …
Captivity
Slavery and involuntary servitude
Invasion
Coercion
Force
Tyranny
Forced adhesion
Forced allegiance
SELF-OWNERSHIP
The right of self-ownership includes the right. . .
To make personal choices
To determine one’s actions and reactions
To exercise exclusive authority over oneself
PROPERTARIAN RIGHTS
(SURVIVAL)
SELF-DEFENSE
The right to self-protection includes...
The right to defend oneself from . . .
Injury
Death
Torture
Subjection to force or captivity
Subjection to oppression or tyranny
The right to extend this protection beyond oneself to include . . .
One’s family
Innocent third parties
One’s nation
The right to own and carry weapons
PROPERTY
The right to property includes . . .
The right to . . .
Acquire
Possess
Protect and defend
Enjoy
Control
Develop
Be secure in
Dispose of
Own title to
. . . private objects, including, but not limited to . . .
Land
Consumable goods
Money
Personal possessions
Information
Intellectual property
Personal likenesses
The right to be secure in one’s property from trespass
The right to be secure in one’s property from forced quartering of others
The right to be secure in one’s property from acquisition or use by others
The right to use of the natural resources of one’s property, and to establish just claim to the use thereof
CONTROL OF BODY
The right to control of body includes . . .
The right to control one’s own body
The right to make decisions about one’s body so long as this does not include intentionally harming an unborn baby, therefore infringing on that baby's right to life
The right to seek care
The right to refuse care
The right to administer self-care
MOVEMENT AND LOCATION
The right to movement and location includes . . .
The right to move one’s body or change location as one desires
The right to travel freely
The right to migrate freely
The right to leave a given country or area
The right to choose where to live
The right to reside in a given place unmolested by others
PROCREATION
The right of procreation includes . . .
The right to conceive and bear children
The right to keep and raise one’s children
PROPERTARIAN RIGHTS
(FREEDOM)
PAIRING
The right to pairing includes . . .
The right to choose a consenting mate
The right to enter into private or religious marriage or bonding arrangements without government interference or involvement
PRIVACY
The right to privacy includes . . .
The right to be alone
The right to seclude oneself
The right to seclude personal information
The right to be selective about recipients of information
The right to be selective about associations
The right to be anonymous
The right to secure from search and scrutiny one’s
Person
Property
Finances
Documents
EXPRESSION AND SPEECH
The right of expression and speech includes . . .
The right to express any idea and disseminate information through any medium: voice, print, or other means.
THOUGHT AND CONSCIENCE
The right to thought and conscience includes . . .
The right to employ one’s reason and intellect
The right to act on the rational judgments of one’s own mind
The right to contrive and invent
The right to hold opinions and beliefs independent of others
The right to one’s emotions
The right to choose one’s values
The right to employ one’s values in one’s daily life
PRESERVATION OF FREEDOM
The right to preservation of freedom includes . . .
The right to maintain one’s condition of freedom, using force if necessary, to defend oneself from . . .
Injury
Death
Torture
Subjection to force or captivity
Subjection to oppression or tyranny
Forced adhesion
Forced allegiance
The right to extend this protection beyond oneself to include . . .
One’s family
One’s community
One’s nation
The right to own and carry whatever weapons are necessary to discharge this right
ASSOCIATIVE RIGHTS
(SURVIVAL)
MUTUAL PROTECTION
The right to work with others to form collective security arrangements to defend the persons, property, and territory of individuals and groups
The right to equip and empower security forces and personnel to the degree necessary to discharge their assigned roles
The right to exercise oversight authority over the conduct of said personnel and forces
The right to maintain the means to provide individual and collective defense against oppression, tyranny, or external force.
COMMERCE
The right to engage in voluntary private transactions with individuals or groups
To buy
To sell
To trade
The right to make contracts and voluntary agreements
The right to make agreements that yield a portion of one’s own property in exchange for a portion of another’s
The right to title over property in any such agreement voluntarily entered into
The right to purchase the labor of a willing seller
The right to sell one’s labor to a willing buyer
The right to gather with others to form private business and employment associations
The right not to be compelled to form business or employment associations
The right not to be compelled to join business or employment associations
The right not to be compelled to pay for others’ business or employment associations
The right to choose a profession
The right to refuse to engage in any transaction not previously contracted
The right to fail
MEDICINE
The right to create institutions for the delivery of medical care
The right to deliver care to willing patients
The right of patients to seek care
The right to create institutions for the teaching of medical knowledge
MIGRATION AND TRAVEL
The right of people, through cooperation and with respect of property rights, to create roads and thoroughfares
The right of people to migrate to unoccupied territory
The right of people to create MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE agreements for travel, movement, and migration through private areas or to create public rights-of-way
ASSOCIATIVE RIGHTS
(FREEDOM)
GROUP PRIVACY
The right to form private associations
The right to maintain private membership
The right to maintain private finances
The right to maintain private documents
COLLECTIVE EXPRESSION
The right to gather with others to express ideas and disseminate information
The right to a free press
The right to form political parties and express platforms
The right to create ideological, intellectual, and artistic movements and to express the views thereof
The right to artistic and other forms of collaborative expression
BELIEF SYSTEMS AND RELIGION
The right to associate with others and develop belief systems
The right to associate with others and adhere to belief systems
The right to choose a belief system
The right not to choose a belief system
The right to worship in the manner one chooses
The right to choose not to worship
The right to practice religion
The right not to practice religion
The right to associate and form religious groups with others
The right of groups to freedom of association and expression, and
To evangelize
To solicit members
To train members
To self-govern
To discipline, expel, and excommunicate members
CONSENT
The right to establish government
The right to participate in government
The right to control government via consent and representation
The right to petition government and seek redress
The right to alter government
The right to institute new government
The right to rebel against tyranny
The right to jury nullification
The right to reject laws that violate natural rights
The right to transparent government
The right to monitor government
The right to vote or have a say in governance
The right to withdraw consent
SOCIAL RIGHTS
(THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF CIVILIZATION)
ASSOCIATION
The right of association includes . . .
The right to associate with any person or group
The right to disassociate from any person or group
The right to be alone
The right to agree to form mutually acceptable agreements with any person or group
The right to form voluntary groups for mutually beneficial purposes
The right to occupy mutually agreeable meeting spaces
The right to create exclusive associations
FAMILY FORMATION
The right of people, through pairing and procreation, for form sovereign family groups
The right of a sovereign family unit to make choices they deem beneficial, free from external coercion
The right (and responsibility) of parents to provide physical care to their children*
The right (and responsibility) of parents to provide intellectual, emotional, and spiritual care to their children*
The right (and responsibility) of parents to discipline their children*
* Parents have freedom of means and degrees, so long as the child’s natural rights and nascent natural rights are not violated.
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
The right to join with others to form complex social units and social organizational structures
The right to develop and observe customs and traditions
The right to derive ongoing guidance from accumulated human wisdom
The right to develop common law
The right to agree to a social contract
SOCIAL CONTRACT
The right to form a political society that preserves, secures, and defends individual rights to the maximum degree, and with the minimum disruption, possible.
THE NECESSARY FINAL COMPONENT . . .
Equal Claim
The moral condition that all individuals have equal title to natural rights.
A quick coda on “civil rights.”
Once the metaphorical (or literal, in the case of the United States) social contract has been “signed,” natural rights (are supposed to) become codified as civil rights, as part of a fixed, knowable rule of law. Among the civil rights most commonly thought of as essential are those that pertain to justice, such as
The right to be responsible only for one’s own crimes
The right to a speedy and public trial
The right to an impartial jury
The right to be informed of the crime of which one is accused
The right to be confronted with the witnesses
The right to be able to call witnesses in one’s favor
The right to have legal representation
The right not to be tried twice for the same crime
The right not to be compelled to witness against oneself
The right to fair trial
The right to due process
The right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment
The right to be free from excessive fines
The right to habeas corpus
The right to be confronted with one’s accuser
The right to take those actions needed to prevent criminals from repeating crimes, within the bounds of what is required to do so.
If you had the strength to make it this far, then feel free to chime in in the comments with ideas, critiques, etc.
http://www.westernfreepress.com/2014/10/22/a-taxonomy-and-list-of-natural-rights/
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