Praxus Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Does someone who has violated someone's rights regain his own after his punishment is over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex_banana-eater Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Rights are given back if the government is one that gives them back. For example, if you commited a crime, and were placed on a DNA data bank as a term of the conditions, your "punishment" technically never ends. In most cases, you regain full rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward j williamson Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Actually, one is punished for crimes he commits against other sovereign individuals. No person has the right to initiate force against another (other than for self defense) and if they do so, it is obligatory that he is punished by those that he has wronged. Our rights do not come from the government, the government is the protector of our rights, and they do so at the bidding of the people - not the other way around. Natural rights are something that we are born with, they are as immutable as gravity, and they have their genesis in the fact that each person is a sovereing individual, who is the sole owner of his own body. Driving a car is a privilege, pursuing happiness, defending one's self, owning property, etc. are natural rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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