Difference between revisions of "A Positive Model Of Rights"
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A good model of rights should be consistent with observations from law, economics, and anthropology. If it is based on observation, we can call it a positive model, like other models in the sciences. (But not necessarily philosophy.) | A good model of rights should be consistent with observations from law, economics, and anthropology. If it is based on observation, we can call it a positive model, like other models in the sciences. (But not necessarily philosophy.) | ||
| − | An enforced right can be modeled as a social and economic relationship between three groups about a thing. | + | An enforced right can be modeled as a social and economic relationship between three groups about a thing. In English prose: |
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A "right" is of the form "'''RightHolder''' claims a right to control a '''Thing''', | A "right" is of the form "'''RightHolder''' claims a right to control a '''Thing''', | ||
receiving '''Benefits'''; creating a reciprocal obligation (or duty) for | receiving '''Benefits'''; creating a reciprocal obligation (or duty) for | ||
'''DutyBearers''' to permit this despite incurring '''Opportunity Costs''' because of | '''DutyBearers''' to permit this despite incurring '''Opportunity Costs''' because of | ||
| − | threatened '''Penalties''' produced at an '''Enforcement Cost''' by an '''Enforcer''' paid '''Fees'''". | + | threatened '''Penalties''' produced at an '''Enforcement Cost''' by an '''Enforcer''' paid '''Fees'''". |
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| + | But this is much simpler to understand with a diagram and an explanatory table: | ||
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