The Right to Respect... Compete with Integrity

This right refers to our natural human drive

 to survive, progress, or perfect.
The contest is always on.

The question is,
does the contender have integrity?
Is the motive for the encounter, the collision,
the clash, the struggle, the attempt
pure and sincere?

In a world where power is so present,

I declare the Right to Compete with Integrity,

even as a potential avenue for world peace.

To compete with integrity is the choice
to engage in any contest of power
with principle and honesty .

This right is supported by the Right to Coexistence and the Right to Peace.

Mark Rothko painting Saffron (1957) is a visual representation
this right with the yellows competing yet coexisting.

In business, the Right to Compete with Integrity needs to be the business model.



Revision: thanks to commenter CTK.

The Right to Expression....Gratitude

Gratitude is thanks.

We acknowledge the value
of any gift or non-obligatory well doing,
blessing or tragedy.

Imagine a cycle of thankfulness spreading an "attitude of gratitude"
from one recipient to the next across the world.

Gratitude's power could lead to world peace, supporting the Right to Peace.

Therefore, I declare the Right to Gratitude.

This right is supported by the Right to Joy and the Right to Expression.

"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, ancient Roman statesman. (106 BC-43 BC)


As with all the Rights for a Right-full life,
gratitude is free.

All Rights for a Right-full life
exist as separate rights to remind us of them
and to encourage us to make them social norms.
Many are supported by the
Right to Expression.

I give thanks for the Right to Gratitude.


Revision: thanks to Chuck F., R.A.T.jr., JBS, *NG*, GLT, JENS

The Right to Privacy vs. Right to Government Transparency

In 2001, the U.S. enacted the Patriot Act,

which allows government to know a citizen's private information,

through wire-taps and gaining information

from banks, telecommunication companies, libraries, etc. 

Many feel this is an assault on the U.S. 4th amendment.

The U.S. Senate is now debating to extend this act

permanently or until December 2013.

If the government, which exists for the people, can know about the citizen,

then the citizen shall know about the government,

thus the Right to Government Transparency.

Two questions here need debate:

How much transparency shall there be?

At the moment, in 2011,

many agree the military needs secrecy for security reasons,

especially their strategies and plans.

However, in a future world,

where the Right to Peace is a real possibility,

even this secrecy may be unnecessary,

and full disclosure would be potentially possible.

So the next question comes up:

if any government official acts unethically,

how are they to be punished as consequence?
And, who is to judge which action is unethical?

Without these, transparency means nothing.