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Comment author: buybuydandavis 08 February 2013 12:18:27PM 1 point [-]

To start off briefly, I don't see the FAQ as a serious point of departure for discussion. It is a self conscious attack on a straw man.

To the first type of libertarian, I apologize for writing a FAQ attacking a caricature of your philosophy, but unfortunately that caricature is alive and well and posting smug slogans on Facebook.

Not exactly an instance of Steel Manning.

Comment author: Desrtopa 08 February 2013 02:33:54PM -1 points [-]

This is true, but I think that the specific point with respect to the usefulness of "rights" in determining what actions are permissible is still relevant. People's negative rights can easily come into conflict with each other. I'm also not convinced that "positive" and "negative" rights hold up well as a distinction. Is a right to clean water a positive right (some body has to take action to ensure that the water is provided) or a negative right (nobody is allowed to take actions which corrupt the supply)?

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