Greg Detre
@2 on 6th June 2000
Dr Tasioulas � Mill, Utilitarianism
challenge to impartial benevolence � encroaches on our capacity to live valuable lives (Williams)
distribution also matters, as well as maximisation � distribution does not necessarily mean equality
people have certain kinds of rights, which:
cannot be done to them
cannot be expected to do
justice/rights � artificial distinction, but it can be made
Mill: justice = realm of perfect obligations
i.e. correlative right held by assignable right-holder(s)
does the 3rd world collectively hold a right to our benevolence?
Mill: the right to equality = a need
victimless crimes???
we live in a rights-obsessed culture
any obligations have to be paired with rights
imperfect obligations: marginalised or attacked
e.g. devalues mercy, charity (no mercy: either one complies with justice or not)
are my rights violated by a poker cheat?
- contract right?
justice vs human rights
HR = narrower field
concerns: rights re autonomy + freedom
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