Philosophy 2810F/G Chapter Notes -Second Fundamental Form, Specific Performance, Monism
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Readings week 1 lecture 1 the nature of rights leif wenar. Will theorists argued that the function of rights is to allocate domains o freedom. Resolve the dispute between the will and interest theories. All assertions of rights can be understood in terms of four basic elements known as the. Hohfeldian incidents: the privilege, the claim the power and the immunity. Molecular rights whose structure will be resolvable into combinations of the four atomic incidents. Rights assertions can be understood in terms of the hohfeldian incidents. A single privilege confers an exemption from a general duty. Also called a liberty or a license. According to the form of its assertion. A paired privilege is composed of two privileges. The holder of a paired privilege as a privilege. Entitled to perform some action, or not to person that action as he pleases.