Must Individual Rights be Supplemented by Some Form of Group Rights

Some forms of collective rights must complement the rights of individuals. The first example of group rights is the discriminatory distribution of individual rights. In this model, individuals may have more rights than others based on certain "selection criteria". The most common thing is based on race and ethnicity. For example, in South Africa, distribution of rights is decreasing by the color of human skin.

However, if rights are not merely derivatives of individual rights, it is possible to conceptualize 'collective' forms of 'stronger' form. In one such model, the rights protected by rights are personal interests, but since these benefits can only be protected by the group to which the individual belongs, only that group has legal rights I will. 3 In another model, it is appropriate to consider a group as entitled, since the group itself has unique moral values.

From a philosophical standpoint, the group's rights challenge the concept of individual's natural rights. Some human rights are universal to all individuals and cultural rights are not so, some legal critics consider the cultural rights of minorities to be distinguishable from basic human rights.6 3. Derivatives The non-discrimination group's right is a particularly appropriate example of this claim. The anti-discrimination group's rights are designed to prevent discrimination against individuals as a result of individual becoming a member of a particular group. Specific individuals, not groups, enjoy this right. It can be argued that the rights of other groups discussed here are derivatives of similar individuals.

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