Beliefs and Values

The individual and society

What rights do we have as citizens?
16 basic human rights have been incorporated into UK law.
What are they?
What rights do we have as citizens?
16 basic human rights have been incorporated into UK law.
What are they?
Right to life
Prohibition of torture
Prohibition of slavery and forced labour
Right to liberty and security
Right to a fair trial
No punishment without law
Right to respect for private and family
life
Freedom of thought, conscience and
religion


Freedom of expression
Freedom of assembly and association
Right to marry
Prohibition of discrimination
Protection of property
Right to education
Right to free elections
Abolition of the death penalty

Which of these are absolute rights- where there is no exception?
What exceptions are there to the others?
What rights do we have as citizens?
16 basic human rights have been incorporated into UK law.
What are they?
Right to life
Prohibition of torture
Prohibition of slavery and forced labour
Right to liberty and security
Right to a fair trial
No punishment without law
Right to respect for private and family life
Freedom of thought, conscience and
religion


Freedom of expression
Freedom of assembly and association
Right to marry
Prohibition of discrimination
Protection of property
Right to education
Right to free elections
Abolition of the death penalty

Which of these are absolute rights- where there is no exception?
What exceptions are there to the others?
Exceptions

Right to life Abortion
Right to liberty and security
Right to a fair trial
Right to respect for private and family life
Freedom of expression
Freedom of assembly and association
Right to marry
Prohibition of discrimination
Protection of property
Right to education
Right to free elections


Exceptions

Right to life Abortion
Right to liberty and security Prison
Right to a fair trial Media coverage
Right to respect for private and family life Media intrusion
Freedom of expression Libel law/ Inciting hatred
Freedom of assembly and association Public highway limits
Right to marry Under-16s
Prohibition of discrimination Job applications/ qualifications
Protection of property Within Policing constraints
Right to education SEN
Right to free elections U-18s, prisoners, mental health
Patients

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Duties & Responsibilities
What duties does society expect UK citizens to
perform?
Jury service- read source B (pg 66)
What else?
Duties & Responsibilities
What duties does society expect UK citizens to
perform?
Jury service- read source
What else?
Examples;
1. Pay tax on income and most purchases
2. May have to serve in the armed forces during times of war
3. To have a passport if they wish to travel abroad
4. To obey criminal and civil laws
5. To declare a birth or death with the appropriate authorities
6. Parents must ensure their children attend school
Do the interests of society override
those of the individual?
ID cards- whose interest does this serve?
Society or the individual?

ID cards will bring enormous benefits to us
as individuals and as a society
David Blunkett
Home Secretary

Fill in the blanks........
The scheme will cost no more than 5.8 billion
over 10 years, raising the cost of a new
passport to no more than 93. From 2008
passport applicants will also be given an ID
card. ID cards will improve our security in the
war on terror.
Govt. Ministers
Fill in the blanks........
The scheme will cost no more than 5.8 billion
over 10 years, raising the cost of a new
passport to no more than 93. From 2008
passport applicants will also be given an ID
card. ID cards will improve our security in the
war on terror.
Govt. Ministers


Fill in the blanks......
ID cards will be little or no help in the war on
terror
Stella Remington, ex MI5 chief
Fill in the blanks......
ID cards will be little or no help in the war on
terror
Stella Remington, ex MI5 chief
Ought the privacy of public figures to
be intruded upon?
Make a list of public figures who always seem
to be featured in the press.
Identify whether they are celebrities or
professionals.
Source D (pg 68)