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In An Ideal America Every Person Should Be Free

Submitted by sunny on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 07:47
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positive vs. negative rights

Submitted by limelemon on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 08:43.

I don't like positive listings of things people should have. It can give the false impression that those freedoms being listed:

1. are being granted to you by some higher authority
2. are limited to those enumerated
3. can be regulated

Also, if there's a list that begins "everyone should be free to…", then socialists will come along and add to the list -- "…be free to have free access to healthcare", etc.

I prefer negative rights -- everyone should be free from... aggression against their person or property.

Positive vs. Negative Rights

Gee, what a logical article

Submitted by none on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 07:57.

The author forwards the notion that people ought to own themselves and the fruits of their labor and be free to associate as they wish.

(He's obviously a terrorist bent on destroying freedom... /end sarcasm)

True freedom

Submitted by a-piece-of-the-... on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 07:54.

is the ability to be left alone. Simple as that. That's the freedom they'll never let people have.