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I am not pretending anything, I am merely pointing out that shelter, like food an water, is a basic human right (although judging by HNs donwvotes, they'd be fi
by jorvi 5y ago
I am not pretending anything, I am merely pointing out that shelter, like food an water, is a basic human right (although judging by HNs donwvotes, they'd be fine with starving and dehydrating people as long as someone is making a massive profit).
- luckylion 5y agoI think many here disagree with you about it being a human right, because unlike the earlier human rights, it's not "leave people be" at its core, it's "you have to do X for people". If anything, it's a human entitlement, but that doesn't have the same ring to it, I suppose. And then there's the next part: how good and how much? What's the housing that everyone supposedly has a right to? 100sqft? 500? 1000? And of what quality, and where? Do they get to choose the location?
- guerrilla 5y ago> If anything, it's a human entitlement, but that doesn't have the same ring to it, I suppose. This is nonsense you just made up. Positive and negative rights are both rights, as is common understood in English but especially as defined within political science and philosophy. [1] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_and_positive_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_and_positive_rights
- luckylion 5y agoYes, and positive rights in that context are entitlements. With a right to be housed, you're entitled to a house/apartment/shelter.
- jorvi 5y agoThe right to shelter is literally in the Universal Decleration of Human Rights. There is no disagreeing about it, it factually is a human right.