Article
Intentions, Rights and Wrongs: A Critique of Fried
Philosophy Research Archives
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1984
Abstract
In this paper I argue against Fried’s thesis that a wrong must be intended by the violator in order for a person’s negative rights to be violated. With Fried’s requirement these rights become in a sense derivative from wrongs. This makes the relation between one’s negative rights and one’s moral integrity, upon which Fried wants to base rights, indirect and inappropriately weak. If rights are based on one’s status as a freely choosing, rational, moral personality, then whether one’s rights are violated should be determined by inspecting one’s own loss of integrity or function, not by examining the assailant’s intentions.
Inclusive pages
239-247
ISBN/ISSN
0164-0771
Copyright
Copyright © 1984, Philosophy Research Archives
Publisher
Philosophy Research Archives
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Disciplines
Citation Information
Marilyn Fischer. "Intentions, Rights and Wrongs: A Critique of Fried" Philosophy Research Archives Vol. 10 (1984) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_fischer/32/
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