Does every human being have a right to basic shelter, food, health-care, and education?

I am speaking only about the very basic needs.

I guess it makes me a democrat to answer that yes, I do think so. Although it is sad to think that some people can not afford these things. All people are created equal and everybody should have the same opportunities as their neighbor. I honestly think that if done properly, a Marxist nation would succeed and prosper. Shame nobody else thinks that way.

Absolutely not! Survival of the fittest. Try working in health care or education. Maybe you'll see just how worthless people are. They get all these handouts so they don't ever have to do anything to survive. Our society is much to coddling.

Yes, but how we achieve that standard of equality is a problem no nation has been able to solve fully.

Not really. People try to project their own beliefs upon the world, but it exists as it is no matter how people wish it were otherwise. Rights are never automatic.

No.

Unfortunately, No.

People may not even have the opportunity for those things and many times people even turn them down (consider how many kids drop out of school, or people who refuse certain types of food because of their religion.. etc..)

Maybe in some utopian world they might, but in the real world, NOBODY has a basic RIGHT to food, shelter, health-care and education...

Yes! It should not be survival of the fittest. If that is the way it is going to be then we are at the same level as animals.

Nope

Yes, I need a check for shelter, food, health-care and my education please mail it to
Mary Smith
Main Street
Small Town, Ma
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Thanks,
PS Please make it out to cash, God knows I don't want to declare it as income, that will cut me off my welfare check
Love to All

There are really several factors to consider here. One, you have to decide if those are things that every person by virtue of simply existing is entitled to. Two, if they are -- who is obligated to provide them?

The first question is usually answered from an emotional perspective, and reflects your views on life. The second question is pragmatic and involves political philosophies.

I don't see how that could be. Who will provide these things and how will they be compensated. Wouldn't that mean that some other person could be forced to build them a home, plant and harvest food for them, and provide medical attention and teach their children. There's a word for that its called slavery. I don't see where anyone rights should permit them to make slaves of anyone else.

鈥淢an鈥檚 mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not. His body is given to him, its sustenance is not. His mind is given to him, its content is not. To remain alive, he must act, and before he can act he must know the nature and purpose of his action. He cannot obtain his food without knowledge of food and of the way to obtain it. To remain alive he must think.鈥? Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

Of course! With the surplus amounts of food that's wasted and cheap building material, there's no reason that people should go hungry or not have a dry place to live. The hard part is finding the resources to get the supplies to where they're needed.

I'm not sure about their entitlement to all these things but as a civilized human I am duty bound to try to provide these basics for others. If the rest of my society is unwilling to do this voluntarily then I guess my government is the best provider. In addition, providing basic food, shelter, care, and education for all results in social benefits over the long term. Does that make me a leftie? I always thought it made me a Christian.

The Declaration of Independence, one of the foundationa,documents of the United States, states that we have the "right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness">

It does not say we have the right to happiness, only the right to pursue it.

So, Basically, no, all human beings do not have the rights to the things you listed.

No, they don't have rights to those things.
We're all individuals who should be able to pursue our own dreams. If all those things you mentioned were "rights", then we would all have them, but at the loss of freedom as individuals.
Socialism doesn't work in real life.

I am not sure that it is a right to have all of those things. But I do believe that the government has a duty to do everything in it's power to give those things to its citizens. The problem is what is considered basic. Does that include television, college education, best food, etc. ? And what is the human beings requirement? Every human being has the duty to work to their ability. Every human has the duty to obey the laws. Every human has the duty to help others. If they don't does that negate the government's duty to provide for them?

As a matter of decency, yes.