Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
What The declaration of independence says all men are created equal endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights.'' what does this mean?
the anwser is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
First of all, the wording is "... all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, ..." So taken in context, this is a fact; it is the Creator who has endowed all men. If it were men who granted rights, then it would be an opinion.
These rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
All men have rights that cannot be taken away
If all men are created equal and have certain unalienable rights, but you can wage war if our rights are taken away, then we can wage war.
Proposition 1: All men are created equal. Proposition 2: They [all men, from proposition 1] are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. Proposition 3: Among these [man's unalienable rights, from proposition 2] are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Proposition 4: To secure these rights [man's unalienable rights, from propositions 2 and 3] governments are instituted among men. Proposition 5: Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [securing man's unalienable rights, from propositions 2-4], it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it.
I was under the impression that my rights were unalienable.
In the context of The Declaration of Independence, it refers to those rights that all human beings are assumed to possess and that the government cannot take away, such as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
What is unalienable can not be taken away or denied, people have the right to liberty, life and the persuit of happiness
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
The founders believed that the purpose of government is to secure the unalienable rights of human beings. Accordingly, the Declaration of Independence states: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."