Unalienable vs. Inalienable
Source: http://www.freedomadvocates.org/understanding-unalienable-rights-2/
Understanding Unalienable Rights
By Michael Shaw
Tuesday, 04 August 2009 20:45
By Michael Shaw
Tuesday, 04 August 2009 20:45
Webster's 1828 dictionary defines unalienable as "not alienable; that cannot be alienated; that may not be transferred; as in unalienable rights" and inalienable as "cannot be legally or justly alienated or transferred to another." The Declaration of Independence reads:
Many call for a "Civil Society" which argues for a statutory framework that does not give recognition of the imbued nature of unalienable rights.
Modern dictionaries blur the difference, as does modern intellectual thought. The modern definition of unalienable is the same as the historical definition of inalienable. The contemporary blurring of the meaning of unalienable and inalienable is evidence of the process of dictionary evolution that Orwell forecasted in “1984.”
Understanding Unalienable Rights by Michael Shaw
Michael Shaw is President of FreedomAdvocates.org
Source: http://www.freedomadvocates.org/understanding-unalienable-rights-2/
Modern dictionaries blur the difference, as does modern intellectual thought. The modern definition of unalienable is the same as the historical definition of inalienable. The contemporary blurring of the meaning of unalienable and inalienable is evidence of the process of dictionary evolution that Orwell forecasted in “1984.”
Understanding Unalienable Rights by Michael Shaw
Michael Shaw is President of FreedomAdvocates.org
Source: http://www.freedomadvocates.org/understanding-unalienable-rights-2/