Therefore, no individual's rights can be sacrificed for the sake of the general good. What justifies the rights is not that they maximize the general welfare or otherwise promote the good, but rather that they constitute a fair framework within the realm in which individuals can choose their own values and ends, consistent with a similiar liberty for others.
Additionally, a second appeal of the liberal self-image lies in the case which implies equal respect. In fact, in Jefferson's Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom it conveys, "The opinions and beliefs of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds.'
"The religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as each may dictate. This right is in its nature an unalienable right. It is unalienable, because the opinions of men, depending only on the evidence contemplated by their own minds cannot follow the dictates of other men, because what is considered the right of men, is his duty towards the Creator."
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