List the various rights mentioned in the declaration of the rights of man and citizen. Why were those rights termed as 'Natural and Inalienable' rights?
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Answer:
The basic principle of the Declaration was that all “men are born and remain free and equal in rights” (Article 1), which were specified as the rights of liberty, private property, the inviolability of the person, and resistance to oppression . also In discussion of social contract theory, "inalienable rights" were said to be those rights that could not be surrendered by citizens to the sovereign. Such rights were thought to be natural rights, independent of positive law.
Explanation:
Rights such as the right to life freedom of speech freedom of opinion equality before law were established as 'natural and inalienable rights' i.e. they belonged to each human being by birth and could not be taken away. It was the duty of the state to protect each citizen's natural right.