Constitutional Libertarianism

Constitutional Libertarianism

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Inalienable rights are, well, inalienable

The Declaration of Independence, the first of three founding documents of this country, says that people have three inalienable rights.  Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

Inalienable means that we are born with them.  These are not simply things we choose to have, but are a part of us as we are individually created and born.

It means that not only can they not be taken away by men, but that we cannot give them away either.  No more than one can "give away" their personality or their soul to another person.

These are our rights whether we want them or not in other words.  I do believe based on some discussions I have had, that there are indeed people who think they don't want them.  They would gladly trade them if they could for the security and structure of having someone else tell them how to live their lives.

The document asserts that these are given to us, bestowed upon us, created within us, by God, the Creator of all things.  Whether you individually see that as a supreme being, a natural force or otherwise, it stills exists beyond the realm of "ordinary" men to take or give those rights away.


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