PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J Enoch Powell
TI  - Human rights
AID  - 10.1136/jme.3.4.160
DP  - 1977 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 160--161
VI  - 3
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/3/4/160.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/3/4/160.full
SO  - J Med Ethics1977 Dec 01; 3
AB  - What are human rights? In this article Enoch Powell, MP (a former Conservative Minister of Health), approaches this question through a critical discussion of Article 25 (I) of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Professor R S Downie in his accompanying commentary analyses Mr Powell's statements and takes up in particular Mr Powell's argument that claiming rights for one person entails compulsion on another person. In Professor Downie's view there is nothing in Article 25 (I) that cannot embody acceptable moral rights, the commonly accepted interpretation of that Article of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights which many people think is wholly acceptable.