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This document discusses the concept of rights and how rights talk has evolved. It makes three key points: 1) Ancient Roman law and medieval legal systems did not have a concept of rights that is directly comparable to the modern notion. The closest analogue referred more to what was legally or morally proper rather than individual claims. 2) Rights can be legal rights established by authoritative sources like statutes, or moral rights based on moral theory. Jeremy Bentham argued that talk of moral rights
- Author
- Hiteshi Agarwal
- Language
- EN