Concept information
Preferred term
individual rights
Definition
- Individual rights provide moral protection for individuals against unchosen and characteristically harmful incursions carried out by other individuals or groups. Rights are normative signposts that tell us that such incursions are morally impermissible, that groups or individuals that engage in such incursions act wrongfully, and that such wrongful incursions may rightfully be suppressed. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism; Individual Rights]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/individual_rights
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