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human dignity having universal equal natural rights regardless of legal jurisdiction
set of standards that guarantee a life that fit rational human being
CHARACTERISTICS:
- inherent (essential)
- universal
- indivisible (enjoyed in full)
- inalienable (cant be taken away)
TYPES
• personal rights
right to life
right to one’s person (self defense)
right to one’s personality
• religious & moral rights
right to education
right to conscience
right to religion
• social right
right to honor & respect
right to organize
right to freedom of expresison
• economic rights
right to livelihood
right to property
• vocation rights
right to choose one’s way of life
right to marriage
JUST LAW
1. ordinance of reason
2. properly promulgated
3. made by competent authorities
4. for the common good
TYPES
• natural law
the universal truth, upholds our dignity & others’
it posses universality (for all), unity & invariability (equal basic rights),
immutability (unchangeable)
• divine law
law of God, moral teachings of Jesus (testaments, torah, decalogue,
parables, beatitudes)
love one another
• church law
laws based on authorities of the church/ecclasiastical authority (pastoral,
papal letters, encyclical, canon law: body of laws & regs)
• civil law
ph constitution
it is enforceable, limited to a particular group, historically conditioned