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Enforcing rights takes energy, but respecting them takes none.
by eadmund 5y ago
Enforcing rights takes energy, but respecting them takes none.
- ben_w 5y agoLaws, and legally created rights, are far too complicated and numerous for mere respect to be enough. This is why corporate lawyers exist, and why trade unions can win things for employees without having to go as far as a strike. Ignorance of the law must not be an excuse, but it definitely can be the actual cause.
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- contravariant 5y agoWell in that case we can at least all agree to respect human rights in the broad sense. As doing so wouldn't cost any energy and so wouldn't be in conflict with the 'negative' right or anti-duty that OP is talking about.