Problem: While it is not hard to define normal people as people with full access to rights, the boundaries become very fuzzy very quickly. What about someone with no brain waves kept on life support? What about a fetus?
What about a murderer? What about an enemy soldier? What about a terrorist? What about a drug addicts who has fried his or her brain
What about someone who is a paranoid schizophrenic and will not take his or her medication?
What about someone who is over the age of 100 and in frail condition?
What about a pregnant woman who is an alcoholic?
Which of these are fully human with rights to all social privileges and which are not fully human?
Choose one and make the case why it/he/she/they are not fully human and not deserving of all human rights. What limitations on rights should apply? What is your rationale? Students seeking a top grade on this essay should be able to cite Hobbes Leviathan and/or Rawls' Theory of Justice and/or apply the language from a declaration of rights to their thesis.