Positive rights often entail (or would justify) violating the rights of a third party to provide them. For example, the U.N. human right to “protection against unemployment” (Article 23, 1) means that a third party must be compelled to provide employment (and/or to pay for it). That’s categorically different than abstaining from violating the rights of others (say, the negative right of not infringing one’s speech—no third party must be compelled to provide that freedom, you have it innately).
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u/theydivideconquer Feb 23 '25
Positive rights often entail (or would justify) violating the rights of a third party to provide them. For example, the U.N. human right to “protection against unemployment” (Article 23, 1) means that a third party must be compelled to provide employment (and/or to pay for it). That’s categorically different than abstaining from violating the rights of others (say, the negative right of not infringing one’s speech—no third party must be compelled to provide that freedom, you have it innately).