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Posted on: April 11, 2020 at 13:54:59 CT
90Tiger STL
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Fundamentally, positive rights require others to provide you with either a good or service. A negative right, on the other hand, only requires others to abstain from interfering with your actions.
example of a positive right is a "right to an education", as "promised" in state constitutions all over the place. It's a "positive" right, not an inalienable or negative right, to which the founders referred.
"positive rights" aren't really rights, they are "promises" or "things an entity guarantees to you but requires somebody do it". The same man or gvmt that promised you the right to an education or healthcare can take it away - this is what you are thinking of as a "right".
Negative rights are inherent and cannot be taken away. your right to property, life, freedom of movement, thought - your self, these are all essentially property rights and inherent. nobody "gives you" this right. The gvmt, in the constitution was supposed to "protect" those rights you inherently enjoy as a human.
Negative rights are forever, inherent. If someone infringes upon them, they haven't taken the right from you like you can take a positive right away.
example of a positive right is a "right to an education", as "promised" in state constitutions all over the place. It's a "positive" right, not an inalienable or negative right, to which the founders referred.
"positive rights" aren't really rights, they are "promises" or "things an entity guarantees to you but requires somebody do it". The same man or gvmt that promised you the right to an education or healthcare can take it away - this is what you are thinking of as a "right".
Negative rights are inherent and cannot be taken away. your right to property, life, freedom of movement, thought - your self, these are all essentially property rights and inherent. nobody "gives you" this right. The gvmt, in the constitution was supposed to "protect" those rights you inherently enjoy as a human.
Negative rights are forever, inherent. If someone infringes upon them, they haven't taken the right from you like you can take a positive right away.
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Here, I'll do you a favor: - 90Tiger STL - 4/11 13:54:59