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Chapter 9: The Nature and Value of Rights by Joel Feinberg

Page history last edited by Paul Ward 15 years ago

 

Paul Maverick B. Ward                                                                                      

 

Contemporary Moral Problems by James E. White (7th Edition)

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Quote: “Having rights, or course, makes claiming possible; but it is claiming that gives rights their special moral significance.”

 

 

Learning Expectations:

 

I expect to learn how the nature and value of rights be used by people for their own lives and be effective to the society or community. I also expect to learn how important rights are for a society that lives close together and one another.

 

Review:

 

            In a group of people or in a society, people should have something that would keep themselves in peace with each other, something that would prevent them from creating a havoc or mayhem due to some actions of certain people. That is why having rights is very important for oneself and for a society, community, or location. The society would be in order and has something to follow in case some anomalies occur within them. Rights give power to people and give them the authority to defend themselves if ever something bad happens to them. An action done by someone that makes others feel bad is something that rights can fix. A person who has rights can defend himself from threats coming from other people. Without these rights, people can freely do bad things all over the world and get away with it. Stealing, killing, raping, and other malicious acts would be normal for a day if ever rights haven’t been invented. It would be a playground for malicious minds to roam freely without it. Police and other law enforcement wouldn’t exist if there are no rights.

            With the rights at hand, people get to defend themselves and be safe against others who are thinking maliciously. People with rights on the other hand can claim things which can also be the cause of some anomaly. Claiming things sometimes are the cause of some problems and difficulties between people. Though claiming is something both helpful and destructive, it is somehow a way for people to defend themselves. People can claim their rights if ever a person act maliciously to another. People can use this claim of right whenever they also feel that their dignity is being stepped on or something.

 

 

Lessons Learned:

 

I have learned how the nature and value of rights are used by people for their lives and how they use it in a community or society. They claim their rights over others who steps on their dignity. I have also learned how important rights are for all people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Integrative Questions:

  1.  Who is Joel Feinberg?
  2.  What is nature of rights?
  3.  What is value of rights?
  4.  What is the difference between the two?
  5.  How does Nature and Value of rights affect the way people live?

 

Review Questions:

  1. Describe Nowheresville. How is this world different from our world?

-       In this world, there are no rights.

 

  1. Explain the doctrine of the logical correlativity of right and duties. What is Feinberg’s position on this doctrine?

-       All duties entail other people’s rights and all rights entail other people’s duties.

 

  1. How does Feinberg explain the concept of personal desert? How would personal desert work in Nowheresville?

-       When a person is deserving something, that person deserves it.

 

  1. Explain the notion of a sovereign right-monopoly. How would this work in Nowheresville according to Feinberg?

-       Sovereign right-monopoly is different from other rights present.

 

  1. What are claim-rights? Why does Feinberg think they are morally important?

-       Claim-rights are morally important because it keeps balance in the world. Fairness and equality will not be an issue with rights.

 

Discussion Questions:

  1. Does Feinberg make a convincing case for the importance of rights? Why or why not?

-       Yes because he made it clear that rights are important for balance with morality in the world.

 

  1. Can you give a noncircular definition of claim-right?

-       Of course not.

 

 

 

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