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Full Idea
The absolute right is the right to have rights.
Gist of Idea
The absolute right is the right to have rights
Source
Georg W.F.Hegel (Lectures on the Philosophy of Right [1819], p.127), quoted by Stephen Houlgate - An Introduction to Hegel 08 'Rights'
Book Ref
Houlgate,Stephen: 'An Introduction to Hegel' [Blackwell 2005], p.186
A Reaction
What a beautifully succinct and important idea! Does a foetus, or a dog, or a person in a vegetative state, or a slave, qualify?
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