The Importance Of Group Rights On Individual Rights

There are times when only a few people actually lose their Individual Rights. One example of this is the Jewish people in Nazi Germany which we may never forget. The losing of their Individual Rights made them less than human beings, being killed by the people around you and being sent hatred. It would be unfair and horrible if you were in their shoes and you would like revenge on the people. That is why it is important to have fair Individual Rights, by having Individual Rights for everyone, war would cease and there would be a peaceful world.

If you could determine that if someone committed one crime was highly likely to commit another one, then that would save many people time, save them from being in fear, or even save lives. Determining if a second crime is likely or not would protect our society a great deal and help protect the public. Some examples would be judging whether someone who gets out of jail would fare better in a residential facility or a correctional institute, that could be used for statistics to determine if they’re more likely to commit another crime or not based on their place of treatment. Unfortunately, we cannot predict one hundred percent if someone is likely to commit a second crime because no one ever really knows what someone else is thinking but we can make educated guesses. Laws such as the

Individual or human rights are rights all people have simply because they are human beings. In Document 5: Plan of a Slave Ship, slaves were crammed on boats, not given food, water, or medicine, and most died of diseases because of the conditions they had on the ships were unbearable. The slaves were human and deserved their basic rights, but none were given to them. Voting was a huge part of what made America a free nation, but in the beginning, it was a big work in progress.

This paper is considered an important document in American history for it lays out how the writers of the constitution defined the form of government that would protect minority rights from organized and united factions that intended to pass legislation injurious to the liberty of the minority or detrimental to the good of the country.

I am a citizen of the United States of America, arguably the most powerful country in the world. As such, I expect to be treated as outlined in our Declaration of Independence: “...that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness-”. It seems like such a simple idea; everyone deserves to live life freely and happily. So why is it that today there are so many controversies pertaining to this very principle? Our civil rights and liberties as American citizens are constantly under scrutiny as we struggle to understand the simple word ‘all’. History is our evidence that minority groups are

Over the years individual rights have changed and been extended in the United States in many ways and because of many events, from the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendment to the last lynching in Mississippi. Also groups like NAACP, SNCC, and CORE have made a big change. Many court cases were also involved in the change of individual rights in the United States. Citizens of the United States have gone about their thoughts and beliefs to get the rights they deserve. In America, civil rights have been advanced through years of legislation, activist groups, and the eventual realization that these rights are deserved by all, regardless of race.

Thomas Jefferson, in his 1801 First Inaugural Address for President of the United States of America, stated, “All . . . will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect and to violate would be oppression (Inaugural Addresses, 1989).” Jefferson was not alone in this thinking. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and others understood that the unbridled power of the majority, which is the life-blood of a democracy, could be easily used to ignore or degrade the rights of a minority group. The framers of our nation intended for the protection of minority rights over the

Society relies on structure and order; the basic foundation of a fair society is made up of the individual rights and group rights which maintain the peace of a democratic society. Individualism refers to the rights upheld by the individual; the right to participate in political discourse, the right to personal expression, and the right to life. The idea of collective rights appertain to the democratic system which most nations adhere by; laws are made by members of the government which are to be followed by the members of society. These laws, which are created in the views of the majority, are the rights granted to a group of people. Individual rights should be paramount to collective rights to ensure the safety of minorities. Individual

The norm of society has affected the way people’s rights were distributed throughout the course of America’s history. During America's darker times, people were all diversely treated. If you were unlucky enough to be born as a black child, then your life would have been laid out for you. You were a slave. If you were lucky to be born as a white male, then you were at the top of the food chain. Woman, even if white, were not perceived as equals to men.

Simply understanding each of the rights guaranteed to Americans under the Constitution is not enough. In order for a group to rise up and secure equal protection under the law, they must clearly communicate what protections they are entitled too, overcome campaigns of public opinion and controversy and establish which competing values of Freedom, Order, and Equality they should be privileged too.

The founding fathers feared that setting up a democracy where the power is all in the hands of the majority would allow the majority to take control over everyone else in the country. This would directly cause a denial of rights of minorities. Thomas Jefferson said in his inaugural address, “All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression”(1). Although defying majority rule may anger the people the government 's most important duty is to protect minority rights rather than following majority rule. The worst result that could occur would be to deny minority rights because of a lack of government protection.

It is a painful day indeed, when you realize that you have been lied to since birth. Surely, you can recall sitting on your fathers lap and being told just how lucky you were to live in the greatest country in the world and to be able to enjoy the freedom that so many others don’t have. In fact, almost everywhere you looked in your youth would be more confirmation that you were so very lucky. When your mother said” Finish your plate,their are children starving in Africa”, your beliefs that this was the greatest country were further solidified. Whenever you complained about how unfair a situation was, there were even more reinforcements built up in your mind that you were truly lucky to be part of the great free nation. The conversation usually

From the late seventeenth century to the early twenty-first, minority groups in the United States continue to encounter various restrictions in regards with the right to vote. Traditionally, certain groups are concerned with protecting their political power over others as they maintain a tight control over their privilege. Doing so resulted in several violations of human rights, specifically stated in the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights. From the local and state governments, to the federal government, voting restrictions based simply upon race and gender are unlawful.

* Collective rights are important to all Canadians because each group in Canadian society is different in its own unique way; having collective rights is a lot like having an outfit completely custom made to fit your type of person and style; collective rights are manufactured to uphold each groups individual culture, style, and to meet every groups needs according to the groups ' unique structure.

Glendon, Mary Ann (2002). A world made new: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Random House. ISBN