NOTRE DAME OF TALISAY CITY

GRADE LEVEL: 12 MODULES: 6

SUBJECT: CHRISTIAN LIVING WEEK: 6
TOPIC: What are my rights and my duties?
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OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, the learners should able to:
1. Compare the rights and duties or responsibilities.
2. Draw an example of human rights violation.
3. Evaluate the corresponding duty for every right.
LESSON PROPER:
What Are My Rights and My Duties?
Students have the right to learn and to be free to express their opinions, feelings and ideas. They have also
responsibility to work hard, to do their best, to complete assignments and to respect others’ opinions, feelings and
ideas. As much as we assert our rights, there are some of us who forget the responsibility to respect the rights of others.
Hence, there is corresponding duty for every right. As human beings, our rights enable us to live a life of dignity. Each
one of us has rights. Therefore, as we expect others to respect our rights we have the duty to respect their rights as well.
WHAT ARE HUMAN RIGHTS?
Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that
belong to every person in the world, from birth until
death.
A right is a fundamental claim we make on others
and the society we live in, so we can live with dignity
and experience a full human life. Respecting the
rights of others and upholding our own rights protect
our human dignity.
Human rights and other human rights classified in
different categories
PERSONAL RIGHTS
Right to life  This is the most fundamental of all human rights
 This is the primary condition for all human rights;
we cannot practice all the other rights if we are
deprived of this right.
Right to one’s person  This is the right to free movement as long as this
will do good and will not harm others
 This pertains to the right to our own bodies, bodily
faculties, and energies.
Right to one’s personality  This refers to the development of our own
individual character.
 The character we develop will influence the moral
choices that we make, so it is important to choose
things that will lead us to become the kind of
person that God wants us to be.

RELIGIOUS AND MORAL RIGHTS

Right to education  This goes beyond our right to study in a school or
an institution.
 It is our parent’s duty to educate and to provide us
with moral formation and sound guidance to the
best of their ability.
Right to conscience  This gives us the freedom to make moral decisions
and act in accordance with our moral conscience.
Right to religion  This is our right to relate to a Supreme Being and
to freely express and develop this relationship
within the teachings and practices of our chosen
religion.
SOCIAL RIGHTS
Right to honor or respect  Human dignity requires one to get at least
minimum respect from the members of the
community.
  Violations of the right include insults, slander, libel,
and other remarks that degrade a person’s dignity.
Right to organize  Human persons have the right to form associations
with common objectives whether they are
religious, civic, economic, social, or political.
ECONOMIC RIGHTS
Right to property Human beings need material things for survival and
security. The right to property gives us the right to an
exclusive control of our own possessions. That’s why we
feel violated when somebody simply opens our bags and
tinker with our things without permission.
Right to livelihood For us to satisfy our basic needs like food, shelter, clothing,
and other necessities of life, we need to have work as a
means of earning a living.
VOCATION RIGHTS
Right to choose one’s way of life  This right is something that is very relevant at the
present time. We are already thinking of our
future career, vocation, or status in life.
Right to marriage  This is the right to seek a partner in life and enter a
union with the chosen person, as long as the act is
within the grounds of the law of the state and the
dictates of natural law.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
In 1948, the newly formed forum came up with a document called UDHR in response to the devastating effects of WWII.
UDHR begins of the following words:
1. “ disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of
mankind,” and
2. “Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is
the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world.”
For Every Right, There is a Corresponding Duty or Responsibility
“Rights imply duties “means that rights and duties go hand in hand. If
one hopes to enjoy rights, then he must perform certain duties. Right
and duties are two sides of the same coin; every right caries with a duty.
For example, if a person has a right to follow any religion, it is his duty to
allow others to follow their own religion.