Ms. trinh is about to start a unit on sharks. some of her students have a strong interest in sharks and know a lot about them. others know very little about sharks. when ms. trinh gives a reading assignment about sharks, she should expect that

corrupt also means cruel

it is a part of john locke's natural rights popular during the age of enlightenment that people had inalienable rights to life, liberty and property. this was reflected by thomas jefferson in his declaration of independence as rights to life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

another line in the declaration of independence is that people have certain rights just because they are human. humans are capable of obeying the three natural rights john locke mentioned making them governable by these laws and therefore entitled to these rights as well.