Today the Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 60. The declaration codifies what 'the society regards as the basic rights of 'being human'. I am sure we will see more talk about a Bill of Rights for Australia today (see here). The full text of the Declaration is available here.
I would like to see talk of our rights match with talk of our responsibilities - what we are accountable for; rather than what we are entitled too.
I'm inclined to think rights are for other people. That is, they're an obligation for me and a right for everyone else.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I think that's a helpful way of looking at it. Sometimes it seems the focus is on what we are owed, rather than what we owe.
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