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Can one be for individual rights AND doing right?
In today’s world, it’s tough to see that, but let’s break it down.
The U.S. Declaration of Independence guarantees us the right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
But, when a public health crisis emerges, we have to think more about doing right.
Why? Because it’s no longer just about YOUR rights, because how we behave can affect many others – even those closest to us.
In a time like now, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have to weigh our individual rights. Yes, we have the individual right to get the virus and potentially become ill. But, if we get it, and we didn’t protect ourselves properly, we could infect others. How would you feel about individual rights if someone close to you, or even a stranger, got sick BECAUSE you exercised your individual rights not to get vaccinated?
Individual rights give us choices. One of those choices is doing right.
Individual rights can be defined differently, depending on whom you ask.
It’s my body, and I have the right to do, or not do, with it what I choose.
Does this mean you have the right to use your body to hurt someone else, i.e., with a punch or a kick?
If you don’t really have the right to use your body as a physical weapon, do you have the right to use your body to potentially spread disease – as a passive weapon?
There’s a whole different debate on how women decide how to use their bodies, and whether they have the right to do with it what they choose.
We certainly all respect individual rights. But communities are made up of many individuals. If individuals all believe they have different rights from others’, how do those individuals become part of the community?
If we all want healthy communities, what are we, as individuals, doing to help ensure that? If we don’t want others to hurt us, do we still believe we have the right to hurt others?
In workplaces, individual rights have to fit within the framework of the employer’s needs. In most jobs, employees often end up having to do tasks they don’t want to do. Do they have the right to say no? Certainly, but there will be consequences that the employee may not prefer.
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Meanwhile, it’s worth your time to give thought to your individual rights, what is right and how you should contribute to your community.
Your rights may indeed be absolute. But to achieve the correct balance in your life, you need to find the formula of individual rights, doing right and contributing to your community that works for you and all around you.
These choices should not seem hard. In fact, they should be very simple.
Peter