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Karolina [17]
3 years ago
12

What was meant by the Enlightenment idea of natural rights?

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1 answer:
AnnyKZ [126]3 years ago
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Explanation:

Natural Rights. Natural rights, understood as those that are not dependent on the laws, customs, or beliefs of any particular culture or government,(and therefore, universal and inalienable) were central to the debates during the Enlightenment on the relationship between the individual and the government.

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