RE: Understanding/Sympathizing/forbearing people
February 8, 2012 at 12:12 pm
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2012 at 12:20 pm by Rokcet Scientist.)
(February 8, 2012 at 11:33 am)whateverist Wrote:(February 8, 2012 at 8:17 am)Rokcet Scientist Wrote: Precisely: "deference to a right, a privilege." A right, a privilege that has to be earned. A right, a privilege that is not a given, not an automatic birthright.
No, rights don't have to be earned. They are acknowledged to be innate or we don't call them rights. A privilege might have to be earned.
OK, so if we apply your definition respect is not a right, but a privilege. One that has to be earned.
(FYI: privileges can be innate rights too – e.g. by virtue of birth (think of a prince or king) – but not rights to respect. Only to proper manners.)
