Basic Human Rights

This is a compilation from the following sources:

Your Perfect Right by R.E. Alberti & M.C. Emmons
Don't Say Yes When You Want to Say No by H Fensterheim & J. Baer
When I say No I feel Guilty by M. Smith

All humans have:
1.  The right to be yourself
2.  The right to spontaneously and honestly express your feelings, thoughts, and opinions and exercise your own rights without denying the rights of others.
     a.  The right to do anything as long as it does not hurt someone else.
     b.  The right to maintain your dignity by being properly assertive -- even if it hurts someone else --  as long as your
          motive is assertive and not aggressive.
     c.  The right to make requests of another person as long as you realize the other person has the right to say no.
3.  The right to judge your own behavior, thoughts, and emotions, and to take responsibility for their initiation and consequences upon yourself.
      a.  The right to offer no reasons or justifications for your behavior.
      b.  The right to change your mind.
      c.  The right to make mistakes and take responsibility for them.
      d.  The right to say "I don't know" or "I don't understand".
      e.  The right to make decisions for yourself whether logical or illogical.
      f.  The right to defend yourself, to keep people from taking what is yours, to stand up for your rights.
4.  The following are rights specific to more intimate interpersonal relationships:
      a.  The right to grow.
      b.  The right to love, be loved, and be accepted as a person in spite of "unacceptable" behavior.
      c.  The right to privacy.
      d.  The right to be trusted.
      e.  The right to be respected as long as you respect others.
      f.  The right to your own self-defined happiness.