Dignity-based citizenship rights in Ayatollah Khamenei's intellectual system

Dignity-based citizenship rights are a central theme in Ayatollah Khamenei’s philosophy of law and politics. This approach divides human dignity into two types: inherent and acquired. Inherent dignity is a natural and innate characteristic of “being human,” and acquired dignity is the result of ethical, right-seeking, justice-oriented behaviors, and conscious efforts to realize high human values. Both types of harmonious basis organize an interconnected set of human and civil, judicial, welfare, political, and social rights that originate from four sources: “divine-legislative rights,” “natural-developmental rights,” “natural rights,” and “contractual rights.” An unquestionable assumption of Ayatollah Khamenei’s intellectual system is that the realization of the foundations of dignity with its legal structures is possible only if the sovereignty of the “Crimean State” exists and the active participation of dignity-seeking and rights-seeking citizens. In this view, all four sources act as complements and counterbalances. Citizenship rights are rooted in human nature and nature, and are confirmed by legislative revelation and are the basis for interactions in social life in human contracts. The existence of the Crimean state also matured in the context of human nature and nature, and is established by revealed law, and acts as a pillar of guaranteeing the dignity and rights of citizens through human understandings. Within the framework of such sources and foundations, human life flows on the basis of mutual rights and responsibilities. Law-based, morality-centered, participation in reforming society, and respecting each other's customs and rights are mechanisms for realizing such a process.

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human dignity ، Ayatollah Khamenei' ، s ، political ، philosophy ، civil rights ، Human