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1 The right to be your own person – That every sentient individual shall respect the rights of every other individual and shall therefore not act in anyway to directly, obliquely or otherwise intentionally infringe, limit or affect another’s rights, as set out in sections six and seven.

2 The duty to be selfless and to care unconditionally – That every sentient individual should strive to their best efforts within reasonable bounds to be selfless and to care for others.

3 The duty of mutuality – That every sentient individual has the right to expect equal treatment in line with every other sentient individual without prejudice of sex, creed, colour, past history or any other defining characteristic in all fields of life within reasonable boundaries and that every sentient individual has a duty to exercise their full ability to extend every other sentient individual the privilege of this treatment and to encourage this in other as they see fit.

4 The right to choose without influence in every aspect of life – That every sentient individual, bar for those who’s mental state falls into the jurisdiction of section five shall not inflict their beliefs, amities, dislikes, attitudes or other mental fixations or convictions upon another, therefore every individual shall have the implied right to choose freely every aspect of their life provided that the consequences do not conflict with section one in any more than a trivial manner.

5 The generic rights of the individual;
⁃ The right of free access to a fair trial;
⁃ The right to freedom of expression
⁃ The right to quiet enjoyment of their own rights

6 The rights of sentient individuals with reduced reasoning capacity;
⁃ ‘Reduced reasoning capacity’ shall be applicable as a term to all those without an average adult mind state without regard to fixation or preferences – individuals under the age of 16 years, individuals with adverse mental midstates which induce an inability to care for themselves, individuals who are subject to involuntary, voluntary or reckless intoxication or incapacitation;
⁃ Individuals as set out in part (a) of this act shall be subject to this subsection in place of section four;
⁃ That every individual subject to this subsection of the act shall whilst being mentally dependant have all rights of personal autonomy held on trust by society, these rights being relinquished when the society or relevant segment of society deems it suitable as would be deemed by the reasonable man;
⁃ The individual subject to this subsection shall still be subject to sections one, two three, six and seven;
⁃ The trustees [to the individual's applicable to this subsection] shall have rights of influence over the individual’s choice in areas that are not superfluous, unnecessary, that cannot wait for the individual to claim rights to choose for themselves, that are not part of a factual situation or situations, that are not motivated by race, creed, age or any other reasonable characteristic;
⁃ That the trustees [to the individual's applicable to this subsection] shall have a duty of care towards the beneficiary to prevent all physical and mental harm and to ensure adequate nurturing but not in terms of influence over lifestyle, creed or any directly associated field of life;
⁃ Individuals as set out in part (a) of this act shall be subject to this subsection in place of section five;
⁃ The individual subject to this subsection shall have the right to a fair trial by representation by an individual of their choice within reasonable bounds and not subject to this subsection upon their positive acceptance;
⁃ The individual subject to this subsection shall have the right of freedom of expression;
⁃ The individual subject to this subsection shall have the right to quiet enjoyment of their rights.

7 Definitions of the rights of the individual – Rights of the individual shall not include:
⁃ Infringement of another sentient individual’s rights with recklessness, negligence or any form of intention;
⁃ Restriction of another sentient individual’s rights with recklessness, negligence or any form of intention;
⁃ The causing of harm to another sentient individual’s physical or mental health state with recklessness, negligence or any form of intention;
⁃ The causing of death with recklessness, negligence or any form of intention;
⁃ Deception with oblique any form of intention;
⁃ The aiding or inciting of any of the above actions by any means by being reckless or intending to do so:
⁃ Aid may come in the form of intellectual or financial or physical help or furthering of a cause;
⁃ Inciting is any instance where one encourages or causes an offence to be caused by another whilst aware of the risks of his own actions and of the intents of the primary, or at least suspecting in both instances;
⁃ Other rights as may be determined by the reasonable man.

8 Reconciliation of priorities – Where there are conflicts of interest, the right of personal autonomy shall always be subject to the right of all individuals to enjoy an unimpeded and unaffected life and lifestyle and the duty of care if needed from other sentient individuals should the care be factually either heavily advisable or needed in a situation where the individual is not at liberty to choose:
⁃ All sections bar this section shall be subservient to section one;
⁃ All applicable sections shall override those sections which are non applicable for the relevant demographic group.

• So, no parent may inflict their religion upon a child; the child must choose their own beliefs;
• No individual may harm or refrain from aiding another;
• No individual may may be restricted from self expression, etc;
• If an individual is lying hurt in a street and another chances across him, surgery may be carried out to save his life without his consent being sought as the individual in question would be in no position to decide and the actions taken would be of aid as would be recognised as such by the reasonable man;
• A parent may berate a child for poor behaviour (s5 (b)(iv)) but may not directly affect the child in the name of religion, tradition or any other such cause in any permanent way (a Christening may be debatable as it leaves no residual effect that cannot be undone with any less than a thought; a ritual branding would be out of the question as it would be contrary to the rights of the individual in terms of personal autonomy AND would leave a permanent deprivation of the physical person in place)
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• A child wishing to sue may do so (s6 (b)(ii)) but only through another not in that category eg. their father;
• One may freely say anything they wish (s5 (b)) but not so that it may harm another (s8 (a));

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