☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Positive Right

A right that requires affirmative action by others or the state to be fulfilled, such as the right to education, healthcare, or housing. Contrasted with negative rights, which require only non-interference.

Etymology: Latin 'positivus' (settled by agreement) + Old English 'riht' · Category: Philosophy of Rights · Source: Isaiah Berlin, 'Two Concepts of Liberty' (1958)
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