Lina Sandoval
English 1A-Mr. Voth
August 26, 2000
RESPONSE TO TAKING RIGHTS SERIOUSLY
After reading the essay “Taking Rights Seriously” by Ronald Dworkin, I realized that I don’t really pay any particular attention to our rights or even the limits to them. I didn’t even know there was a dispute of what particular rights we as citizens have. Dworkin says that “the Government will have the last word on what an individual’s rights are, because its police will do what its officials and courts say”. I think it is the government’s job to decide how to define our rights, that is why we vote them into office, because it is a difficult job and if we left it to the people, they probably would not give themselves enough limits. If the government gives society to much freedom than there would no respect for the laws and people would be running wild doing whatever they wanted. But if the government gives society to little freedom and sets limits on their rights than people would......
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