3 ms·
It seems to me that the qualifiers "negative right" and "postive right" do a decent job at this. Of course, there are some 18th century thinkers who don't belie
by RyanMcGreal 17y ago
It seems to me that the qualifiers "negative right" and "postive right" do a decent job at this. Of course, there are some 18th century thinkers who don't believe that positive rights are legitimate, but that hasn't stopped the rest of the industrialized world from recognizing the intrinsic value of universal education, health care, public infrastructure and so on.
Whether broadband qualifies, and whether Spain's chosen method of implementing it makes sense, are of course open to discussion.
- Alex63 17y agoI would agree with you, but have personally found it unexpectedly difficult to get people to understand the difference between "negative" rights and "positive" rights. Maybe those words have too many other connotations?