The Japanese workers of the damaged nuclear plant in Japan have been called "nuclear samurai" for their bravery in working under extremely radioactive conditions.
The "nuclear samurai"have raised some interesting questions concerning human rights. What are the rights of states to ask its citizens to sacrifice itself? What rights to workers have who choose to work to fix the nuclear plant? What are the obligations of citizens and states? What are the rights of other states and communities affected by the nuclear disaster in Japan?
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The “nuclear samurai’s” have shown great bravery in the past month have expressed more bravery then I could ever dream of, not only are they suffering for the country but they are faced with the thought that in all likely hood they will parish quicker than they would have naturally. The nuclear power plants that they are working on are filled with radioactive water that is very harmful to a person. The samurai’s are doing what they CAN do even though they don’t exactly HAVE to do it. The state is asking these people to come in and protect the state and nation since they are trained professionals to handle the waste. I do not believe that it is the states right to have these people suffer, I believe that the people have strong nationalism to their country and state to protect and keep their land safe. I believe that the workers have rights that once this disaster and is cleaned up and they are no longer working in the hazardous conditions that they should receive compensation for their efforts and free health care due to any after affects of the radiation. I feel that the rights of the “nuclear samurai’s” would fall under the social economic rights because they are serving their state in the community rights category I believe by working to keep the country safe so citizens can still live there and keep the language, culture, and daily lives they are used to. I also feel passionately that the obligations of the citizens and states are to help the samurai’s by providing them with food, clothes, basically whatever they need to keep trying to fix the problems. The rights of the other states and communities effected by the disaster in Japan I believe are that they should also receive the same assistance Japan is receiving to help build back their country that has been destroyed.
Rights are determined by various factors, including equality. I believe that rights are formed to bring equality between people. Nevertheless, they often bring inequality to people. The "nuclear samurai" have raised the questions concerning human rights. Do states have right to obligate citizens to risk their lives for others? Answer is...no, because if state rights triumph citizen’s rights then there will be inequality. Also, I believe that most important right to human being is freedom to live, eat, and drink. So the State would not be able to obligate any citizen to work at the devastating worksites. Yet, citizens can volunteer for the work and State should consider giving them extra rights that will be necessary for them to live fully.
The topic of the Nuclear Samurai brings in many questions about rights. What are the rights of states to ask its citizens to sacrifice itself? What are the rights of other states and communities affected by this disaster in Japan? What obligations do citizens and states have, if they have any? When it comes down to it these questions of rights may not even exist, yet if they do in the world we live in they are structured around individuals for individuals.
The question of what are the rights of states to ask its citizens to sacrifice itself? Is a question of whether the humanity of Japan suffers or comes out of this disaster with minimal damage. When rights come into play I believe that a state has an obligation to ask for the help from citizens but they do not have a right to use them as they please for the betterment of society.
When we look at this issue from a more global perspective we see that other states and countries do have rights regarding this situation as well. Other countries and states have the right to step in and try and help if the radiation is going to affect their people or their environment. As Japan is now dumping radiation into the ocean I believe that other countries have the right to step in and find an alternative solution to effectively clean up this mess.
Another question of rights comes into play when the question of, what obligations do citizens have? From a citizens standpoint I strongly believe that they have the right to live in a safe no hostel and life threatening environment. Yet citizens also have an obligation to help save their country for the ones they love.
Through all these issues of rights lies many more questions. Although with these rights I feel that there many obligations that one has to engage in an incident such as this one in Japan. All of these rights and obligations are all choices that need to be made through individuals. As a result I am going to say that all rights are based around individuals only to benefit individuals.
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