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What was meant by the Enlightenment idea of natural rights?

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Natural rights are what the enlightment thinkers thought of as rights that could never be taken away, such as life, liberty, and property.
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Answer: Natural rights are the rights of all people, on the basis of which all people are free

Explanation: The essence of the Enlightenment Philosophy is the idea that God created the universe, earth, people and left people to govern the earth according to natural laws. Thus, according to this philosophy, all people have the natural right to life, to be free, the right to freedom of expression, movement, then freedom of speech, belief, because natural rights are related, literally, to all people and belong to everyone, not only to selected individuals based on dogmatic rules, such as kings. Since all human beings are born free with natural rights, no one has the right to deprive them of that freedom, and people themselves can choose who will exercise power for the benefit of those who have chosen them.

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