I had a nice conversation with my dad this morning and in the course of it, a question I had been mulling over had come up. What is a "right?"
In our society, we throw around the term "right" rather loosely and I wonder if the term is becoming diluted and misapplied. I know the readership here isn't huge, but I am still working this out for myself and I am interested in what everyone else has to say.
So how do you define it?
Is there a difference between a right and a civil right?
Who grants a right?
Can you have a right to something that costs money?
What disqualifies something as a right (it'd be a right, but for X)?
I'm not going to debate, argue, or counter any comments that are left. I plan on taking in what is said and trying to form my own opinion that I'll post later.
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Nothing sophisticated, but:
A right cannot be "granted" and is no one's to give, but can be denied.
I really only believe in the right to freedom of individual action. I place little stock in "civil rights," beyond the government's responsibility to provide for each individual's right to act in their own behalf, provided the exercise of said right does not infringe on another's right to do the same.
I know there are lots of gray areas that fit in that, but I suppose I've just become more and more libertarian with time.
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