What is a Right?
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What is a Right .pdf
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Published version
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Author(s)
Setiya, Kieran
Date Issued
January 2, 2025
Journal
Australasian Journal of Philosophy
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Citation
Setiya, K. (2025). What is a Right? Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 103(1), 106–117.
Version
Final published version
Abstract
This paper argues for a theory of natural rights on which they are explained in terms of reasons supplied by rational consent. When B has a claim-right against A that A φ, A’s non-consent is not a reason for B not to simply make A φ. This theory solves a puzzle that defeats alternative views, including standard will and interest theories, the demand theory of rights, and the view that rights are irreducible or primitive.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Philosophy
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2024.2379266
