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Definition (Human Rights)

Rights are legal or ethical principles that define what is allowed or owed to people. There are various types of rights including human rights, civil rights, political rights, social rights, cultural rights, and economic rights. Human rights are fundamental rights that every person is inherently entitled to as a human being, such as the right to life and freedom from discrimination. Civil rights protect individuals' freedoms and ensure participation in civic life without discrimination. Political rights relate to participation in civil society and governance. Social rights arise from the social contract between a government and its people. Cultural rights guarantee access to and participation in culture. Economic rights relate to freedom in economic actions and the market.

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Definition (Human Rights)

Rights are legal or ethical principles that define what is allowed or owed to people. There are various types of rights including human rights, civil rights, political rights, social rights, cultural rights, and economic rights. Human rights are fundamental rights that every person is inherently entitled to as a human being, such as the right to life and freedom from discrimination. Civil rights protect individuals' freedoms and ensure participation in civic life without discrimination. Political rights relate to participation in civil society and governance. Social rights arise from the social contract between a government and its people. Cultural rights guarantee access to and participation in culture. Economic rights relate to freedom in economic actions and the market.

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DEFINITION

Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is,
rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed
to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory. [1]
Rights are of essential importance in such disciplines as law and ethics, especially
theories of justice and deontology.

Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to


which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." [1]
Human rights are thus conceived as universal (applicable everywhere) and
egalitarian (the same for everyone). These rights may exist as natural rights or as
legal rights, in local, regional, national, and international law.
The phrase "civil rights" is a translation of Latin ius civis (rights of a citizen).

Political rights include natural justice (procedural fairness) in law, such as the
rights of the accused, including the right to a fair trial; due process; the right to seek
redress or a legal remedy; and rights of participation in civil society and politics
such as freedom of association, the right to assemble, the right to petition, the right
of self-defense, and the right to vote.
---- Is that branch of public law thal deals with the organization and operation of the
governmental organs of the State and defines the relations of the state with the
inhabitants of its territory.
ACCORDING TO RELATIONSHIP---- are those that deal with thepeople's relationship
with the government.

****In English law, natural justice

is technical terminology for the rule


against bias (nemo iudex in causa sua) and the right to a fair hearing (audi alteram
partem). While the term natural justice is often retained as a general concept, it has
largely been replaced and extended by the more general "duty to act fairly".
The basis for the rule against bias is the need to maintain public confidence in the
legal system.

Civil rights include the ensuring of peoples' physical and mental integrity, life
and safety; protection from discrimination on grounds such as race, gender, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, colour, ethnicity, religion, or disability;[1]
[2][3]
and individual rights such as privacy, the freedoms of thought and conscience,
speech and expression, religion, the press, assembly and movement.
ACCORDING TO RELATIONSHIP---- are those that deal with the relationship between
person.

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals'
freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations,
and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state
without discrimination or repression.

Social rights

are those rights arising from the social contract, in contrast to


natural rights which arise from the natural law, but before the establishment of legal

rights by positive law. For example, James Madison advocated that a right such as
trial by jury arose neither from nature nor from a constitution of government, but
from reified implications of the social contract.

Economic freedom or economic liberty or right to economic liberty


denotes the ability of members of a society to undertake economic direction and actions. This is a
term used in economic and policy debates as well as a politicoeconomic philosophy. As with
freedom generally, there are various definitions, but no universally accepted concept of economic
freedom.[1][2] One major approach to economic freedom comes from classical liberal and
libertarian traditions emphasizing free markets, free trade and private property under free
enterprise, while another extends the welfare economics study of individual choice, with greater
economic freedom coming from a "larger" (in some technical sense) set of possible choices.[3]
Other conceptions of economic freedom include freedom from want and the freedom to engage
in collective bargaining.
The free market viewpoint defines economic liberty as the freedom to produce, trade and
consume any goods and services acquired without the use of force, fraud or theft. This is
embodied in the rule of law, property rights and freedom of contract, and characterized by
external and internal openness of the markets, the protection of property rights and freedom of
economic initiative.[3][6][7] There are several indices of economic freedom that attempt to measure
free market economic freedom. Empirical studies based on these rankings have found higher
living standards, economic growth, income equality, less corruption and less political violence to
be correlated with higher scores on the country rankings.

Cultural Rights are rights related to art and culture, both understood in a
large sense. The objective of these rights is to guarantee that people and
communities have an access to culture and can participate in the culture of their
election. Cultural rights are human rights that aim at assuring the enjoyment of
culture and its components in conditions of equality, human dignity and nondiscrimination. They are rights related to themes such as language; cultural and
artistic production; participation in cultural life; cultural heritage; intellectual
property rights; authors rights; minorities and access to culture, among others.
Cultural rights of groups focus on such things as religious and ethnic minorities and
indigenous societies that are in danger of disappearing. Cultural rights include a
groups ability to preserve its way of life, such as child rearing, continuation of
language, and security of its economic base in the nation, which it is located. The
related notion of indigenous intellectual property rights (IPR) has arisen in
attempt to conserve each societys culture base and essentially prevent ethnocide.
"Cultural rights are vested not in individuals but in groups, such as religious and
ethnic minorities and indigenous societies."

_____________
The term Social refers to a characteristic of living organisms as applied to
populations of humans and other animals. It always refers to the interaction of

organisms with other organisms and to their collective co-existence, irrespective of


whether they are aware of it or not, and irrespective of whether the interaction is
voluntary or involuntary.
The word "Social" derives from the Latin word socii ("allies"). It is particularly
derived from the Italian Socii states, historical allies of the Roman Republic
(although they rebelled against Rome in the Social War of 91-88 BC).

In the view of Karl Marx[1] human beings are intrinsically, necessarily and by definition social
beings who, beyond being "gregarious creatures", cannot survive and meet their needs other than
through social co-operation and association. Their social characteristics are therefore to a large
extent an objectively given fact, stamped on them from birth and affirmed by socialization
processes; and, according to Marx, in producing and reproducing their material life, people must
necessarily enter into relations of production which are "independent of their will".
By contrast, the sociologist Max Weber[1] for example defines human action as "social" if, by
virtue of the subjective meanings attached to the action by individuals, it "takes account of the
behavior of others, and is thereby oriented in its course"..

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DEFINING SOCIAL JUSTICE
Onedefinitionofjusticeis"givingtoeachwhatheorsheisdue."Theproblemis
knowingwhatis"due".
Functionally,"justice"isasetofuniversalprincipleswhichguidepeopleinjudgingwhatisright
andwhatiswrong,nomatterwhatcultureandsocietytheylivein.Justiceisoneofthefour
"cardinalvirtues"ofclassicalmoralphilosophy,alongwithcourage,temperance(selfcontrol)
andprudence(efficiency).(Faith,hopeandcharityareconsideredtobethethree"religious"
virtues.)Virtuesor"goodhabits"helpindividualstodevelopfullytheirhumanpotentials,thus
enablingthemtoservetheirownselfinterestsaswellasworkinharmonywithothersfortheir
commongood.
Theultimatepurposeofallthevirtuesistoelevatethedignityandsovereigntyofthehuman
person.
Socialjusticeencompasseseconomicjustice.Socialjusticeisthevirtuewhichguidesusincreatingthose
organizedhumaninteractionswecallinstitutions.Inturn,socialinstitutions,whenjustlyorganized,
provideuswithaccesstowhatisgoodfortheperson,bothindividuallyandinourassociationswith
others.Socialjusticealsoimposesoneachofusapersonalresponsibilitytoworkwithotherstodesign
andcontinuallyperfectourinstitutionsastoolsforpersonalandsocialdevelopment.

*****LABORCODEBYC.A.Azucenapp.910
Socialjustice,accordingtoDr.JoseP.Laurel,"meansthepromotionofthewelfareofallthepoeple,the
adoptationbythegovernmentofmeasurescalculatedtoinsureeconomicstabilityofallthecomponent
elementsofsocietythroughthemaintenanceofpropereconomicandsocialequilibriuminthe
interrelationsofthemembersofthecommunity,constitutionally,throughtheadoptionofmeasures
legallyjustifiable,orextraconstitutionally.throughtheexerciseofpowersunderlyingtheexistenceofall
governments,onthetimehonoredprincipleofsaluspopuliestsupremalex."
Inessence,socialjusticeisbothjuridicalprincipleandasocietalgoal.Asajuridicalprinciple,it
prescribesequalityofthepoeple,richorpoor,beforethelaw.Asagoal,itmeanstheattainmentofdecent
qualityoflifeofthemassesthroughhumaneproductiveefforts.

___________________
SOCIAL WELFARE
The well-being of the entire society. Social welfare is not the same as standard of
living but is more concerned with the quality of life that includes factors such as the
quality of the environment (air, soil, water), level of crime, extent of drug abuse,
availability of essential social services, as well as religious and spiritual aspects of
life.
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