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What five vital ideas from Western political thought are contained in the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence?

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Answer:The preamble of this document contains five ideas from Western political thought:

God has granted equality to all men

All men have equal rights at birth

Human rights include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Human rights are self-evident

If a government abolishes human rights, the people can abolish that government.

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The five vital ideas in the preamble are that god has made all men equal, that all men have equal rights at birth, that the human life consists of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as its basic rights, that these rights are self-evident, and that if a government chooses to abolish these rights then the people will be able to abolish the government.
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