The basic division is negative rights vs positive rights, or at least that's how I frame it internally. A negative right is, very simplified, a right to be left

The basic division is negative rights vs positive rights, or at least that's how I frame it internally. A negative right is, very simplified, a right to be left alone. A positive right is a right to a specific item/privilege/behavior. I think the wikipedia article[0] sums it up better than I can: > positive rights usually oblige action, whereas negative rights usually oblige inaction. There's some nuance between "do whatever you want" and "do whatever you want so long as it doesn't fuck with someone's day." I'd really recommend the wikipedia article for a better treatment than I have time to give the discussion right now. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_and_positive_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_and_positive_rights