inalienable rights
Freedoms beyond confiscation
Inalienable rights are fundamental rights that cannot be surrendered, transferred, or taken away.
The phrase appears prominently in the U.S.
Declaration of Independence, which asserts that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are among such rights.
The concept holds that these rights exist inherently in all people, not as grants from government: Freedom of conscience is an inalienable right.
Also spelled unalienable.
- natural lawInherent moral principles
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- equal protectionUniform legal treatment
- universalismDoctrine of total reconciliation
- human dignityIntrinsic worth of persons
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- freedomfreedom of choice, freedom of will, free will, expression, speech
- human rightshuman dignity, civil liberties, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, fair trial
- enlightenmentVoltaire, Rousseau, Locke, Kant, Montesquieu
- Founding Idealsfounding fathers, Declaration of Independence, consent of governed, self-government, separation of powers
- Founding Principlesconsent of the governed, popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances
- natural lawnatural law, natural justice, natural order, universal law, moral law
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Oppressive, absolute governance
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Protections codified in legislation
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