Re:Should Rivers Have Rights? A Growing Movement Says It’s Time
by ben509 on Sunday August 19, 2018 @09:46AM
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> If rivers have rights does it also has responsibility and culpability?
I think that question is key to understanding what rights are and how they function in the constitution of a polity.
Animals, rivers, etc. don't interact with us in the way other humans do. There may be analogous aspects to that interaction, so we can recognize that we have a responsibility to keep rivers clean, but that's an obligation on our part, not a "right" that the river has.
I think that question is key to understanding what rights are and how they function in the constitution of a polity.
Animals, rivers, etc. don't interact with us in the way other humans do. There may be analogous aspects to that interaction, so we can recognize that we have a responsibility to keep rivers clean, but that's an obligation on our part, not a "right" that the river has.