Dignity Does not confer Individual Rights

Especially these days, one cannot be sure whether one is oppressed or not. There is not because oppression is a relative concept. It is indeed not, but people treat it as though it was relative when it concerns their enemies, but treat it as though it was absolutist when it concerns their own or their allies. Oppression is to strip away the dignity of others. This dignity comes from being created equal to all others and from this alone. Dignity is not granted by government, society, family, culture or any other human institution. It is objective. Rights, however, do not arise from dignity. Rather, obligations based on a categorical imperative come from this dignity. Everyone must follow the categorical imperative to ensure it is not broken.