☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Negative Right

A right that imposes a duty on others to refrain from acting in certain ways, such as the right to life (duty not to kill), liberty (duty not to imprison without cause), or property (duty not to take). Requires non-interference rather than provision.

Etymology: Latin 'negativus' (denying) + Old English 'riht' · Category: Philosophy of Rights · Source: Isaiah Berlin, 'Two Concepts of Liberty' (1958)
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