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    Rights Vs Privileges

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    The document discusses the differences between rights and privileges. Rights are legal rules about what people are allowed to do, and include natural rights that are universal as well as legal rights granted by society. Privileges, on the other hand, are special allowances granted by a superior entity that can be taken away, working like a claim right where one person has power over another. The document argues that many things teenagers view as rights are actually privileges granted by adults who have authority over them until age 18 in some places or 21 in others. It concludes by stating that basic education should be a right for all.

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    The document discusses the differences between rights and privileges. Rights are legal rules about what people are allowed to do, and include natural rights that are universal as well as legal rights granted by society. Privileges, on the other hand, are special allowances granted by a superior entity that can be taken away, working like a claim right where one person has power over another. The document argues that many things teenagers view as rights are actually privileges granted by adults who have authority over them until age 18 in some places or 21 in others. It concludes by stating that basic education should be a right for all.

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    The document discusses the differences between rights and privileges. Rights are legal rules about what people are allowed to do, and include natural rights that are universal as well as legal rights granted by society. Privileges, on the other hand, are special allowances granted by a superior entity that can be taken away, working like a claim right where one person has power over another. The document argues that many things teenagers view as rights are actually privileges granted by adults who have authority over them until age 18 in some places or 21 in others. It concludes by stating that basic education should be a right for all.

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    Rights Vs Privileges

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    The document discusses the differences between rights and privileges. Rights are legal rules about what people are allowed to do, and include natural rights that are universal as well as legal rights granted by society. Privileges, on the other hand, are special allowances granted by a superior entity that can be taken away, working like a claim right where one person has power over another. The document argues that many things teenagers view as rights are actually privileges granted by adults who have authority over them until age 18 in some places or 21 in others. It concludes by stating that basic education should be a right for all.

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    Zarhayda 25th Oct 2013 DGA Rights vs Privileges Rights are legal rules about what is allowed of people

    to do. There are many kind of rights such as natural vs legal rights, claim vs liberty rights, positive vs negative rights, and individual vs group rights. Natural rights are defined as universal and do not derive from any laws of any society. They cant be taken away by anyone or anything; they are natural to life. On the other hand, legal rights are based on societys customs. The legal rights are implemented accordingly to the government such as right to vote. A claim right is something between two people. Person A has a right to tell person B to do something for them if the person B owes person A something. Liberty rights are the opposite of claim right where you are free to do anything you want; you can or cannot do or not do anything. Positive and negative rights are pretty much self-explanatories: positive are permissions to do things and negatives are limitations not to do things. Individual rights are rights held by one person in the group, regardless of the opinions of the group whereas group rights are the rights on the whole group. In conclusion, rights are rules about what people are allowed to do in their own freedom according to a legal system, social conventions or an ethical theory. A privilege is a special allowance to a person or a community granted by someone superior. A privilege can be taken away from a person or a group if wished by a superior. It kind of works like a claim right where person A has the right to tell person B what to do because person B is inferior to person A or B has the duty to obey A. Person A has the right to take away the privilege from person B. The concept of privilege and right is that privilege is restricted and granted only after the birth of an individual by a certain person. On the other hand, a right is an inherited privilege, which cannot be revoked, held by all human beings from the moment of birth. As a teenager, we want freedom to do whatever we want and we often back it up with the reason, We have the rights to do so because of so and so. What a lot of teenagers dont realize is that most of the things they have are privileges, not rights. Because teenagers are still under control of adults until 18

    Zarhayda 25th Oct 2013 DGA years of age, in some countries 21, so adults are still in control of them. Even if they had rights, it would be claim rights. Because teenagers have the duty to obey the adults where in return, adults can decide whether to give teenagers the rights or not. Adults have the right to decide whether to give rights to teenagers or not. In my opinion, everyone should have the right for basic access for education. In Myanmar, mostly everyone can go to government school. Ive seen state schools that allow the students to attend for free if they cant afford it. Ive had a tuition teacher who was a teacher in a government state school. She used to tell me all the stories about her teaching life, and she once told me that in start of the school year, some students dont return to school due to financial reasons. If that happens, the teachers convince the students families to let them attend the school for free. Even if its not free, the money is only around 100 500 kyat per year (10cents to 50cents). Some people couldnt even spare that amount for their kids so the school lets them attend for free. Even then, there are still children who cant attend school because they cant afford cost of books and pencils. Citation Leif, W. W. (2005, December 19). Rights. Stanford University. Retrieved October 24, 2013, from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rights/ Individual and group rights. (n.d.). Wikipedia. Retrieved October 24, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_and_group_rights#cite_note-Jones_2010-2 Browse Now . . .. (n.d.). Ayn Rand Lexicon. Retrieved October 24, 2013, from http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/individual_rights.html Privilege (law). (2013, October 21). Wikipedia. Retrieved October 24, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privilege_(law) Personal experience

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