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Seems you're mixing up various categories of "rights". "negative rights": the government is not allowed to stop or punish you from doing something. "positive
by ctdonath 13y ago
Seems you're mixing up various categories of "rights".
"negative rights": the government is not allowed to stop or punish you from doing something.
"positive rights": the government is obligated to facilitate you doing something.
"natural rights": nothing inherently stops you from doing something.
(Constructive discussion welcome.)
- pjc50 13y agoWell, that's one way you can slice it; but the UDHR and most legal traditions' understanding of human rights doesn't make that distinction in law, and I'm not sure how it's useful to this discussion here?