Sunday, January 31, 2016

Human vs Civil Rights

As a human being we have our universal human rights that exist all over the planet. These rights cannot be taken away from us because they are our basic rights as human beings. Another set of rights we have to live under are called civil rights which are given to us by our government. In my opinion human and civil rights are different. The reason why Human and Civil rights should be considered different is because civil rights change depending on which country a person lives in. But human rights stay the same no matter what country a person lives in. Also civil rights can change because the people and their government are able to remove a civil right if they think it is unfair. Also civil rights can be added if the people or the government of a country think it is necessary to have a certain civil right. In my opinion civil rights are more of a privilege than a right because they allow people to have certain perks in their country that other people do not have in their country. For example, in the United States the accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty. But in France the accused is guilty until proven innocent. Even though both systems are reasonable I would rather be presumed innocent then guilty.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Alex,
    I enjoyed reading your post. I thought it was really good. I agree with you. You make a good point in your post. Human rights always stay the same while civil rights can change at anytime. I definitely agree with you that civil rights vary for each country.

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