RIGHTS ETHICS Group 6

RIGHTS
In ethical theories based on rights, the rights established
by a society are protected.
Rights are considered to be ethically correct and valid
since a large population endorses them. Individuals may
also bestow rights upon others if they have the ability and
resources to do so and given the highest priority.
RIGHTS ETHICS – JOHN LOCKE
- Everyone has inherent moral rights.
- Everyone has rights that arise from EXISTING.
- Other rights arise as a Consequence.
- Duties arise because people have rights, not vice versa.
- Any act that violates an individual’s moral rights is
ethically unacceptable.
- Rights ethics was highly individualistic.
 MORAL RIGHTS VS. LEGAL RIGHTS
MORAL RIGHTS
Universal (If one has it, all have it equally)
Natural (by virtue of our rationality)

LEGAL RIGHTS
-Particular to a society or legal system
-Artificial (created by humans)
 CLAIM VS LIBERTY
CLAIM is a right which entails that another person has a
duty to the right-holder. Somebody else must do or refrain
from doing something to or for the claim holder, such as
perform a service or supply a product for him or her; that
is, he or she has a claim to that service or product (another
term is thing in action).