... be treated in a particular way. "I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself as master I want the full menu of rights" this statement was made by Desmond Tutu in 1985. Most political thinkers are prepared to express there idea in term of rights or entitlement even though its doctrine is not universally accepted. The notion of rights in that sense is less debateable than say equality or social justice. Nonetheless people still do not agree on the grounds which these rights are meant to be based, who should have them or which ones they should have. Rights originated through and from moral beliefs rather than that of political philosophy, and it was implied in the idea of social contract. Moral rights are believed to be commonly ideal rights which confer on a person a benefit that is ...

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