A subject that has been swirling around the humankind since the dawn of man is rights. What are rights, how do we get these rights, and how in the world might we possibly guarantee them, all questions that civilizations have incessantly asked all through the ages. Just within the homeland of the United States of America, it has been an everlasting battle to discover the right balance of rights.
Rights are what a society as a majority decides them to be. Such as in the case of America, several of the rights that we have in today’s society appear as the direct result of a majority of citizens requesting those rights. For instance in the case of slavery in America, for numerous years it continued within the American nation, however, it was not until a majority of people determined that it was immoral for that change to happen and blacks received some of their rights. Now it is not like that in all cases, however I do believe that in a majority of cases this is how people get there rights.
Guaranteeing these rights is the hard part in the society. With so many conflicting rights, it can almost seem just about impossible for any group of people to attempt to guarantee them. However, the America seems to have it closely figured out. The American way follows a strict set of rules predetermined to decide who gets what rights and if need be a majority of people can have these rights changed. So to conclude on the issue of rights, rights are formed and given by what a majority of people wish to have as rights and guaranteed by a set of predetermined rules that can be changed if need be, this I believe.
