Re:The Economics of a Commune in the Ozarks
by yokaze on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @01:40AM
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"Rights" is the correct term. A right is an entitlement.
To my knowledge, the differentiation in law is Negative and Positive rights: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_and_positive_rights
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Re:The Economics of a Commune in the Ozarks
by mrslave on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @09:48AM
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Privileges and rights are the terms I was taught in place of positive rights and negative rights, respectively, in your link.
I think they are better terms. Privileges impose an obligation on others. Rights do not. Positive right is very similar to the equivalent alternative term (privilege) but negative rights unnecessarily confuses the conversation. Is there an impact on others and is it really negative? It appears to simply be used in the opposite of positive right but the adjective negative is misleading.