08-14-2008, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by BoneDaddy
Natural rights require (go hand in hand) with personal responsibility. Your 'rights' end where another begins. Yes....you have the ability to break and enter into your neighbor's home. However, you have no right to do so. Ability and rights are not one in the same.
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I think you could extend that to certain points of speech and religion, but the home example is a case of society deeming it acceptable to own a house at your current location, for whatever purpose you want (or close to it). In this way property is a positive right. Me proclaiming myself to be a Taoist doesn't prevent you from proclaiming yourself to be a (...), but ownership over land does affect other people.
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Last edited by GeneCosta : 08-14-2008 at 10:27 PM.
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