Thursday, December 18, 2008

Negative vs. Positive Liberty

When Obama mentioned a "right" to healthcare in one of his speeches, it worried me. A good article about positive vs. negative liberty and the difference between pre-existing natural rights vs. entitlements.

The right to work, for example, is fundamentally different from the right (entitlement) to a job; the right to marry does not entitle me to a spouse; the right to free speech does not entitle me to an audience.

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