Difference between revisions of "Inalienable Rights"
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**An offender transgresses the law of nature - living by rules other than those of reason and common equity, and so becomes dangerous to mankind. Anyone may, therefore, act to restrain the offender. | **An offender transgresses the law of nature - living by rules other than those of reason and common equity, and so becomes dangerous to mankind. Anyone may, therefore, act to restrain the offender. | ||
===Liberty and Liberties=== | ===Liberty and Liberties=== | ||
| − | F.A. Hayek, in his book <u>The Constitution of Liberty</u>, is concerned with "that condition of men in which coercion of some by others is reduced as much as is possible in society". | + | F.A. Hayek, in his book <u>The Constitution of Liberty</u>, states in the first chapter that it is concerned with "that condition of men in which coercion of some by others is reduced as much as is possible in society". |
| + | *'''"A state of liberty or freedom"''': He also brings in the concept of arbitrariness by talking about "the state in which a man is not subject to coercion by the arbitrary will of another" and calls this personal frreedomThis is Hayek's definition of "a state of liberty or freedom". | ||
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|HasArticleDate=2014/01/30 | |HasArticleDate=2014/01/30 | ||
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Revision as of 17:33, 22 March 2014
Start of article about inalienable rights. 2014/01/30 User:Jeff
