Ethics and the Professions
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Richard Lee
Philosophy
3103
Copyright © 2002,
Richard Lee
Autumn 2003
Positive and Negative Rights And Liberties:
Correlations with Duties
Positive Rights
X
has a
positive
right to
Z
from
Y
[if and] only if
Y
has a
duty
to provide
X
with
Z
.
Negative Rights
X
has a
negative
right to
Z
from
Y
[if and] only if
Y
has a
duty
not
to provide
X
with
not
-
Z
.
Liberties
X
has a
liberty
to
Z
[if and] only if
X
does
not
have a
duty
to
not
do
Z
.
Richard Lee
,
rlee@comp.uark.edu
, last modified: 9 June 2000