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== Moral Rights And Enforced Rights ==
 
== Moral Rights And Enforced Rights ==
A moral right is a rights claim with its correlative claim of duty.  An enforced right is a rights claim whose correlative duty is enforced by threat and/or coercion.  Moral rights can coexist in contradictory multitudes because they are only words and not enforced.  There is no actual protection with moral rights, and natural rights are an example.  Enforced rights, on the other hand, can conflict.  That's why law is usually dominant and conflicting rights claims are brought to court to decide a winner.  An enforced right can be expressed as "R has a right against D to T and R tells E to enforce D's duty to R.  For example, Anne has a right against everybody to use her car and Anne tells the police to enforce everybody's duty to let her use her car.
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A moral right is a rights claim with its correlative claim of duty.  An enforced right is a rights claim whose correlative duty is enforced by threat and/or coercion.  Moral rights can coexist in contradictory multitudes because they are only words and not enforced.  For example, both Anne and Bob can claim the same car.  There is no actual protection with moral rights, and natural rights are an example.  Enforced rights, on the other hand, can conflict.  Anne and Bob can not enforce exclusive rights to the same car without conflict.  That's why law is usually dominant and conflicting rights claims are brought to court to decide a winner.  An enforced right can be expressed as "R has a right against D to T and R tells E to enforce D's duty to R.  For example, Anne has a right against everybody to use her car and Anne tells the police to enforce everybody's duty to let her use her car.
  
From here on, I am only going to talk about enforced rights and duties.
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From here on, I am only going to talk about enforced rights and duties.  When people talk about moral rights, it is usually because they want them converted to enforced rights.
  
 
== A Positive Model Of Rights ==
 
== A Positive Model Of Rights ==

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