right or a privilege?

[pro2A]

I'm going to list a few things and next to each one you say if you think its a right or a privlage. If you think of more feel free to add them.

Property ownership -

Driving -

College education -

Healthcare -

Owning a gun -

Access to the internet -

Having a child -

Having a pet -

 

[Doc]

Property ownership - privilege

Driving - privilege

College education - privilege

Healthcare - right

Owning a gun - privilege

Access to the internet - privilege

Having a child - right

Having a pet - privilege

 

[English-Emo-Boy]

I agree with all of Scuba's answers, pretty easy to answer as their obvious.

 

[R1pperZ]

Property ownership - privilege

Driving - privilege

College education - privilege

Healthcare - right

Owning a gun - privilege

Access to the internet - privilege

Having a child - right

Having a pet - privilege

Scuba Steve: Knows what he's talking about...

 

[PretzelCorps]

Property ownership - Privilege

Driving - Privilege

College education - Privilege

Healthcare - Privilege

Owning a gun - Privilege

Access to the internet - Privilege

Having a child - Privilege

Having a pet - Privilege




Despite most of us being born into developed countries, we should always remember that things are the way they are because we, as a people, made them that way.

Value the things you have (healthcare/freedom/freely having children) --> There is always someone out there trying to take them away.

 

[ExpectantlyIronic]

I'm not exactly sure what is meant by 'right' or 'privilege' in this context. Are we talking about whether the listed things are natural rights, or whether they ought to be legal rights? It does make a difference.

 

[viLky]

Property ownership - privilege

Driving - privilege

College education - privilege

Healthcare - right

Owning a gun - privilege

Access to the internet - privilege

Having a child - privilege

Having a pet - privilege

That's what I think... =P

 

[Mason]

It's all a privilege.

Having a child - right

That's not true. There's heaps of people that have had their children legally taken away from them.

 

[ysabel]

Same answers as Scuba. I also debated whether having a child is a right or a privilege. Finally I agree that it's a right....but "raising one" is a privilege, so if you suck as parents, then that privilege should be taken away from you.

 

[Steerpike]

I agree with all of Scuba's answers, pretty easy to answer as their obvious.

The "obvious" answers aren't necessarily the right answers.

If anyone has the right to the fruits of their own labor, then they have the right to own property. All people have the right to the fruits of their own labor. Therefore, all people have the right to own property.