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THE LOGIC OF RIGHTS

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝟭. 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀.

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝟮. 𝗜𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿.

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝟯. 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀.

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝟰. 𝗧𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲  𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝟱. 𝗔 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗲𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟰 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗙𝗼𝗲𝘁𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟰 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀  𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀.


 

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