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Should airline travel be available to all, irrespective of their ability to pay? If not, then it can't be a right, since rights can not be denied based on abili
by robotresearcher 14y ago
Should airline travel be available to all, irrespective of their ability to pay? If not, then it can't be a right, since rights can not be denied based on ability to pay.
- mindslight 14y agoOkay, kindly perform whatever formalization is necessary to interpret my statement in your alluded-to framework (factor out payment, s/right/unrestriction/, $whatever), then get back to me.
- ebrenes 14y agoIf I don't pay for food, I die. If I don't pay for medicines, I die. Does this then imply I don't have a right to live, because "rights cannot be denied based on the ability to pay"? That I don't have a right to property, because if I don't pay my debts my belongings can be confiscated and sold at auction? I have a right to appoint my own counsel, but the government won't pay for the counsel I appoint. In order to use that right I have to be able to afford the lawyer I want. US citizens have a right to run for elected office, but clearly that's not provided free of charge! Rights are not irrespective or independent of my ability to pay. And if something is a right does not mean I get it for free.