From 0b6c40c3cfcc9af9069758d033686466015e0fa3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wellspringcp <69349872+wellspringcp@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 20:30:33 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Update 01-principles.md --- 01-principles/01-principles.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/01-principles/01-principles.md b/01-principles/01-principles.md index 6240fa7..309c172 100644 --- a/01-principles/01-principles.md +++ b/01-principles/01-principles.md @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Republic Holidays: Each of the cornerstone principles of the republic shall have ### Definition of Rights -There is only one fundamental right: that of the individual to its own life and by inference, its right to use its own capabilities (mental and physical) in the pursuit thereof. No indepagent has a moral claim on the life (and by extension, the capabilities) of other indepagents since no indepagent can morally claim to own another indepagent. Rights are capabilities and nothing more. A "right" is an undertaking which an indepagent is capable of performing on its own, if left unimpeded. That is, a right is something which an indepagent can perform "by right" of its own nature/design. A right is **not** a claim on the capabilities, mind/consciouness or labour of **another** indepagent. +There is only one fundamental right: that of the individual to its own life and by inference, its right to use its own capabilities (mental and physical) in the pursuit thereof. No indepagent has a moral claim on the life (and by extension, the capabilities) of other indepagents and no indepagent can morally claim to own another indepagent. Rights are capabilities and nothing more. A "right" is an undertaking which an indepagent is capable of performing on its own, if left unimpeded. That is, a right is something which an indepagent can perform "by right" of its own nature/design. A right is **not** a claim on the capabilities, mind/consciouness or labour of **another** indepagent. Rights and private property law go hand in hand; rights are capabilities, and private property law ensures non-interference: to wit, that no indepagent's capabilities are used to injur or impede another indepagent's ability to exercise its rights.