Every human being is born with certain inalienable right. I'm glad to be born in the greatest country on Earth, where it is my privilege to exercise those rights.
In our bill of rights, it is stated that we are born with inalienable rights. Inalienable meaning unable to taken away from or given away by the possesser and since we are born with them, they are not earned. Hence, yes it can be both and it is both
To hell with what the "bill of rights" says. What is a right? Anyone can take away anything from anyone, given enough time and money. Not everything can be earned. Love can't be earned, if it is then it's simply desire of some sort.
i can take your life. I can take away your freedom of thought. I can take away your ability to experience happiness. I can take away your ability to seek happiness. Before you insult me, counter my example. What am I saying wrong?
Its pretty simple really. I don't understand why you cant seem to grasp what a "right" is, but I'm not going to waste my time redefining words with you. I suggest you open a dictionary, or use google. I'm sure there are tons of people who also have struggled with the concept and have explained in more detail...
Google "define: right"
[verbs, adverbs, whatever]
NOUN
1: that which is morally correct, just, or honorable.
2: a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way.
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Going with definition 2 because that's more related. It's arguable that creatures are morally entitled to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. However, I'm under the impression that others are under the impression that a right is something that can't be taken away. Which is wrong. Literally anything can be taken away, especially with our current tech and knowledge of brain chemistry. Just pump it full of drugs and there we go, you're a vegetable. Thus, a "right" would be closer to the entitlement to something rather than the something itself. But for some reason it's believed a right is that "something".
So you agree that a right is the obligation to have and not the object itself. You don't have a right to life, you have the the right to have life. Right?
I do have the right to life and that cannot be taken away, although you can kill me. Yes, I have been well aware of the difference between a right and an object since I first commented. Is there some point that you are trying to make?
[verbs, adverbs, whatever]
NOUN
1: that which is morally correct, just, or honorable.
2: a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way.
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Going with definition 2 because that's more related. It's arguable that creatures are morally entitled to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. However, I'm under the impression that others are under the impression that a right is something that can't be taken away. Which is wrong. Literally anything can be taken away, especially with our current tech and knowledge of brain chemistry. Just pump it full of drugs and there we go, you're a vegetable. Thus, a "right" would be closer to the entitlement to something rather than the something itself. But for some reason it's believed a right is that "something".