Natural rights are a theory of
universal rights that are seen as inherent in the nature of people and not contingent on human actions or beliefs.One theory of natural rights was developed from the theory of
natural law during the
Enlightenment in opposition to the
divine right of kings, and provided a moral justification for
liberalism.The concept of a natural right can be contrasted with the concept of a
legal right: A natural right is one that is claimed to exist even when it is not enforced by the
government or
society as a whole, while a legal right is a right specifically created by the government or society, for the benefit of its members. The question of which rights are natural and which are legal is an important one in
philosophy and
politics. Critics of the concept of natural rights argue that all humans rights are legal rights, while proponents of the concept of natural rights in countries such as the
United States assert that founding documents like the
American Declaration of Independence and social contracts like the
Constitution of the United States make natural rights valid by implication.
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