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The point I am trying to make is that all rights, positive or negative, require social structures to maintain and protect. There isn't a point in comparing to
by MereInterest 6y ago
The point I am trying to make is that all rights, positive or negative, require social structures to maintain and protect. There isn't a point in comparing to some Hobbesian wilderness as the blank canvas on which society is drawn, because there never has been such a situation. So long as there have been humans, there has been human society, because that is what makes us human. Therefore, pretending that rights start from a perspective of a single human adrift in the wilderness is an poor starting point.
- fastball 6y agoAlthough "do you have this thing when alone on island" is a good test for determining which sort of right you're talking about, that is not the reason to make a distinction. The reason you make a distinction is because the two kinds need to be handled in different ways, and that is harder to do if you are constantly conflating them.