Moral Rights

We watched the film, “No Dogs or Philosophers Allowed” in class, and it left me with a few ideas. Are moral or legal rights more significant? It is evident that moral and legal rights are completely different and have different meanings. Legal rights are the rights that everyone has and that are generally used in court and law. Moral rights are a bit different and usually need some interpretation. I believe that both moral and legal rights are important because sometimes people’s beliefs are over shadowed by legal rights. Although someone’s moral beliefs may be different that their legal rights I believe that they should still have to follow the law, because after all it is the law. And we also have the option as Americans to voice our opinions about what we do not morally believe in. But if we gave more power to moral rights over legal rights, complete mayhem would be the result. We are given legal rights and laws for a purpose, and although moral rights exist, they are just a means to support legal rights when needed.