PHI 180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Negative Liberty, Negative And Positive Rights
26 Apr 2019
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Right to liberty takes priority over everything else. Negative rights: not to be hindered (requires inaction) Positive rights: to something you"re owed (requires action) Libertarianism position on taxation: the money truly belongs to the earner; taxation is the equivalent of forced labor. Taxation is not as bad as forced labor . Libertarian response: wronged in either case objection 2 (p. 67) Libertarian response: ok, but it should be voluntary. Libertarian response: yes, and they are compensated. Luck has a lot to do with success.
