Difference between revisions of "What Are Rights?"
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| − | {{DES | des = Rights are a far more complex subject than we usually think. Most people would be surprised at how much that their folk models of rights leave out. Libertarians rely on such simple models because they can lead to the right ideological conclusions. At least | + | {{DES | des = Rights are a far more complex subject than we usually think. Most people would be surprised at how much that their folk models of rights leave out. Libertarians rely on such simple models because they can lead to the right ideological conclusions. At least five fields consider rights: philosophy, law, economics, sociology, and anthropology. A good model would be compatible with all five fields. | show=}} |
== Natural Rights == | == Natural Rights == | ||
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== Collective Rights == | == Collective Rights == | ||
Libertarians ignore a lot of reality to sometimes claim that rights (especially property) are always individual. That's nonsense, usually presented as "Government cannot own things because only individuals can own things": a quick way to "logically" define government as illegitimate. But of course that ignores corporations, partnerships, joint ownership, marriage, governments and much more. Collective rights are common in society and play important functions. | Libertarians ignore a lot of reality to sometimes claim that rights (especially property) are always individual. That's nonsense, usually presented as "Government cannot own things because only individuals can own things": a quick way to "logically" define government as illegitimate. But of course that ignores corporations, partnerships, joint ownership, marriage, governments and much more. Collective rights are common in society and play important functions. | ||
| + | == Individual and Human Rights == | ||
| + | [[Murray Rothbard]] and some other libertarians claim that individual (and human) rights are actually [[Property|property rights]]. Starting from a fantasy [[Natural Rights]] assumption of property , they build a silly argument. Individual Rights are clearly not property rights because they do not have all the subsidiary rights typical of property. This is a classic example of [[Greedy Reductionism|greedy reductionism]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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