What are Rights? Do Rights Even Exist? By Joe Jarvis - December 14, 2017
What is a right? Do rights exist? They are intangible, yet philosophical constructs can be real.
A right defines a state of being; it describes a condition. “Right of way,” is how we describe who has first use of a road. People can certainly ignore the concept of a right of way. But that doesn’t void the concept. Right of way still serves as a tool to establish who is liable should a car accident occur.
In the same way, a right serves as a natural basis for who is wrong in a given dispute. It establishes who should be held accountable in a legal setting. And “legal” does not just refer to our current court system. Common law is a natural law system which solves disputes.
Saying someone has a “right” is a statement about an individual’s condition in nature.
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