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"Rights" is the correct term. A right is an entitlement. To my knowledge, the differentiation in law is Negative and Positive rights: https://en.wikipedia.org/
by yokaze 8y ago
"Rights" is the correct term. A right is an entitlement.
To my knowledge, the differentiation in law is Negative and Positive rights: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_and_positive_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_and_positive_rights
- mrslave 8y agoPrivileges and rights are the terms I was taught in place of positive rights and negative rights, respectively, in your link. I think they are better terms. Privileges impose an obligation on others. Rights do not. Positive right is very similar to the equivalent alternative term (privilege) but negative rights unnecessarily confuses the conversation. Is there an impact on others and is it really negative? It appears to simply be used in the opposite of positive right but the adjective negative is misleading.