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(law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)
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a basic right or freedom that all humans are equally entitled to because of its inherent nature
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a claim each person has, simply by virtue of being human
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an ethical construction used to justify a harmful act against another person, by claiming that undergoing the harmful act is an absolute moral entitlement, and that accordingly the harmful action can not be judged morally wrong
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a something one may legally or morally claim, is the state of being entitled to a privilege or immunity or authority to act
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A right which every human being has, solely by virtue of their being human. Specifically a right which has been agreed on by all or a preponderance of civilized nations and thereby recognized by essentially the entire human race. Derives from the older philosophical concept of natural right.
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a right that belongs to all persons
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