Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Social values



1st-Social Contract: An agreement for mutual benefit between an individual or group and the government or community as a whole. By agreeing with one another to make a state by contract, men within a given area joined together, each surrendering personal freedom as necessary to promote the safety and well being of all. By this contract the members created a government. The social contract gives rights and responsibilities to both the citizenry and the government.

2nd-Natural rights: The basic rights and freedoms, to which all humans are entitled, often held to include the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law.

3rd-Popular sovereignty: The doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will. Popular sovereignty is government based on the consent of the people. Government, established by free choice of the people, is expected to serve the people, who have sovereignty, or supreme power.

4th-Right of Revolution: Revolution is the over-throw of an established government, but to assert a right of revolution is to imply that such an upheavel is legitimate. It is an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.

5th-Self determination: Determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion; free will. It is the freedom of the people of a given area to determine their own political status; independence. It is also freedom to live as one chooses, or to act or decide without consulting another or others.


Why?

The most important term regarding the value of the society is “social contract” since it should be an agreement between people to ensure a coordinate society. Without the social contract, it will an anarchy and no law or right can be established since everything will be based on personal interest.
After establishing the “social contract”, people should have rights to have freedom of expression to be part of society; that is the reason why the term” human rights “comes in the second position.
Next comes “the popular sovereignty”. When people will have their own right, they will be able to vote for their own sovereign to create their government.
In the fourth position, there is “the right of revolution”. After defining the popular sovereignty, political leaders may abuse their power; that is the reason why there should be a right of revolution to be able to rebel and express their rights.
Finally, at last comes “self determination” that determines the right of the people as an individual country without considering the rest of the other countries. This term comes at the end of the importance of the society’s value because every country decides for its rights considering its habits, constraints, religion, values and history.