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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights

3773	No individual has the right to receive our benevolence [Mill]
	Full Idea: No one has a moral right to our generosity or beneficence, because we are not morally bound to practise those virtues towards any given individual.
	From: John Stuart Mill (Utilitarianism [1861], Ch.5)

3774	Rights are a matter of justice, not of benevolence [Mill]
	Full Idea: Wherever there is a right, the case is one of justice, and not of the virtue of benevolence.
	From: John Stuart Mill (Utilitarianism [1861], Ch.5)