[lit-ideas] Re: Paying taxes for months on end [oops]

  • From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 14:22:55 -0400

Teemu Pyyluoma wrote: "what I think Phil Enns is claiming is that only
freedoms are proper rights. Perhaps he thinks collective responsibilities
should be articulated in a language not involving "rights", which leads to
question of what kind of language that would that be and why it is
preferable to rights-talk?"

A fair summary.  Thank you.  In brief, I would recommend the language of
goods because they are already in place in the lives of individuals and
communities.  Rights-talk is both incoherent and unnecessary.


Sincerely,

Phil Enns
Toronto, ON


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