In modern civilization, an academic discussion on the idea of Rights is essential because its core principles ascertain humans as independent and sovereign. This paper, in the view of the significance of rights in a human being's life, discusses the idea of rights and focuses on two questions that ask what is the purpose of rights and who is entitled to have rights. To explore the possible answers, this paper discusses different perspectives that have evolved with political thinking. While doing so, the paper argues that in the modern States, rights are introduced and discussed as a common consensus and their objective is to attain a common good. In order to keep the rights as a common consent, this paper argues to realize and endorse rights above the division of self and others. In view of this stance, this paper discusses rights with reference to three ideas. The first sheds light on the fact that rights are interests of individuals that are collective in nature. The second pinpoints that rights are benefits and as individual benefits, they are basically to be enjoyed by the entire community. Lastly, the third idea of this paper underlines that rights are entitled to attain individual welfare which includes the welfare of all as commons.
Rights, individual, collective, natural rights, utilitarianism, Human Rights
