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Declaration of Independence

The ________ stated that men "are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights ..

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logical transition

Rights "are a moral concept- the concept that provides a(n) ________ from the principles guiding an individuals actions to the principles guiding his relationship with others- the concept that preserves and protects individual morality in a social context- the link between the moral code of a man and the legal code of a society, between ethics and politics.

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Criminals

________ are a small minority in any age or country.

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unpopular minorities

The political function of "the right of free speech "is to protect dissenters and ________ from forcible suppression-* not* to guarantee them the support, advantages and rewards of a popularity they have not gained.

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outright confiscation

A collectivist tyranny dare not enslave a country by a(n) ________ of its values, material or moral.

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physical compulsion

It means freedom from ________, coercion or interference by other men.

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economic realm

The "gimmick "was the switch of the concept of rights from the political to the ________.

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Private citizens

________ are not a threat to one anothers rights or freedom.

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Altruism

________ is incompatible with freedom, with capitalism and with individual rights.

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Divine Right of Kings

The ________ "summarizes the political theory of the first-* "Vox populi, vox dei* "of the second.

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Declaration of Independence

The ________ laid down the principle that "to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men ..

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