Title of the Book:Contemporary Moral Problems seventh edition by James E. WhiteBook Review Chapter:Ronald Dworkin: Taking Rights seriouslyQuote:“People have a right to do something, then it is wrong to interfere with them” PAGE 72.What I expect to learn:
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What are my rights?
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What are the different kinds of rights?
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Does It classify according to status?Review:In this Book Ronald Dworkin views that, if people have a right to do something, then it iswrong to interfere with them. PAGE 72. Ronald Dworkin believes that the Kantian ideaof treating people with dignity as members of the moral community and also on the ideaof political equality. Ronald Dworkin also discusses the language of rights, the rights andthe rights to break the law, the controversial rights, and lastly why take it seriously? Inthe rights to break the laws Ronald Dworkin discusses that it is not right to arrest a man if he break the law because if he is arrested he can no longer now practices his or her rights.For me if a man breaks the law he or she must be arrested because he already violates theother person’s rights.What I learned:I’ve learned that we have our own rights to defend ourselves but for me if we violate thelaw that controls our rights, we must be arrested and take responsibility for that brokenright of other people.Integrative Questions:
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What are the arguments discussed in the book?
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What is the theory that’s been used?
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What are the rights of each people?Review Questions:1.
What does Dworkin mean by rights in the strong sense? What rights in this sense areprotected by the USA Constitution?
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Ronald Dworkin says that “if people have the rights to do something. ItThen it is wrong to interfere with them”.
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This only means that if we are doing something, we must not violate thelaw or the rules of the state.
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Ronald Dworkin Taking Rights Seriously
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