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Milton,<br>
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the distinction you make between 'negative' and 'positive' rights based
on the 'need for funding and authority for its enforcement' is
logically flawed.<br>
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The right to FOE requires a strong state/police/army to protect
it.Without a functional army/police, many of the negative rights have
no meaning (would you like to live in Afghanistan or Sudan?). The
largest parts of government budgets in most countries is for
defence/interior ministries, which is a must for protecting 'negative'
rights. All rights have a cost for their being available... and even
those of the right to life and liberty are no exception. <br>
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btw, would like to know if you do accept the right to education <span
class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span><br>
<br>
Guru<br>
<br>
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i believe we have rights, i would call them fundamental rights, on
account of our definition of what it means to be human within a
society and not because we have someone to hold accountable. Holding
someone accountable is secondary to the existence of a right not the
prerequisite for one. People had rights before the UDHR was adopted,
they just were not spelled out in that form.
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Ah, a natural rights person. I agree, but your claim can only be true of
negative "natural" rights, not of positive ones. You can't claim a right
to education, for example, without an authoritative and enforceable
claim to the tax moneys of your neighbors and to the labor of the
teachers. I don't think you can say that such a "right" exists without
an authority.
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