What are These Rights?
• Fundamentally, a right is an entitlement or a legitimate claim. It represents the rights we have as people, as citizens, and as individuals.
• In actuality, one of the reasons why rights have been asserted is that they stand for circumstances that we all consider to be sources of dignity and self-respect.
• The argument that rights are essential to our welfare has also been used to support claims for rights. They support others in honing their abilities and skills.
Rights Chapter 5 Class 11 Polity Notes
Legal rights are necessary components of a free and equitable society. Now You must be wondering, what are legal rights precisely, and how do they relate to you as a citizen? Put simply, rights are the collective claims of individuals that are upheld by the state because they are seen by all civilised societies as necessary for their growth and development. In this blog, we have discussed ‘Rights’ and Legal Rights Notes specifically for Class 11 students.