Rights

Legal and Moral

Rights
 Rights
 The rights are essential for
development of human personality and
for human happiness. Rights are the
necessary conditions for the personal ,
social, economic, political, mental and
moral development of individuals.
 Rights
Rights are the social requirement of a
social man for the development of his
personality and society at large.

• Rights are the legal, social or ethical

principles of freedom or entitlement,
that is, rights are the fundamental. It is
allowed of people.
Two Classification
of Rights.
Legal:- Civil,
Political ,
Economical,
Social, Cultural.
 Legal Rights
• Legal rights are based on a society's
customs, laws, statutes or actions by
legislatures. Legal rights are
sometimes called civil rights or
statutory rights and are culturally and
politically relative since they depend
on a specific societal context to have
meaning.
 Legal Rights
Legal rights are further divided
into three categories, namely
civil rights, political rights and
economic rights
 Civil Rights
Civil rights: They are those rights
without which no civilized life is
possible. Civilized life is impossible
under the fear of being hurt, attacked,
killed or our property confiscated.
 Political Rights
They are those rights which enable the
people to have a share in the
administration of the country.
 Economic Rights
Economic rights: Political and civil rights
are meaningless unless some economic
rights are guaranteed. Economic rights are
the right to work, the right to adequate
wages and right to reasonable hours of
work. These economic conditions are very
essential for the economic and political
progress of man.
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Civil Rights
1. Right to life
2.Right to persona liberty / freedom.
3.Right to security.
4.Right to privacy.
5.Right to home
6.Right to own property.
7.Right to freedom from torture.
8.Right to freedom from inhuman treatment.
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• Political Rights
1. Right to thought
2. Right to religion
3. Right to freedom of movement.
4. Right to participate in the Government.
5. Right to vote.
6. Right to be elected in election.
7. Right to take part in the conduct of public
office.
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Economic, social & cultural Rights
1. Right to adequate food , clothing &
housing.
2.right to adequate standard of living.
3.Right to freedom from hunger.
4.Right to work.
5.Right to social security.
6.Right to education.
 Moral Rights
Moral rights are related to the individual
sense of conviction. They depend on the
ethical standards of the community.

 Moral rights are largely based on

religious belief and the moral conceptions
of the people in any society. Therefore ,
they differ from society to society . They
arise out of man's moral sense.