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<div>A negative right is a right to be free of something. The opposite concept is [[positive right]]s.<br />
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In order for someone to fulfil your negatiiiiiiiiiiiive right to life they simply must not murder you. Failing to help someone is not a violation of the negative right to life.{{Fact}}<br />
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== John Locke ==<br />
[[John Locke]], considered the father of [[libertarianism]], was an adovcate of negative rights. He supported the negative rights to life liberty and property. The founding fathers of the United States drew upon Locke while writing the [[Declaration of Independence]] and the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]].{{Fact}}<br />
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== Ayn Rand ==<br />
[[Ayn Rand]] was a staunch advocate of negative rights. According to Rand "A “right” is a moral principle defining and sanctioning a man’s freedom of action in a social context. There is only one fundamental right (all the others are its consequences or corollaries): a man’s right to his own life." <ref>[http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/individual_rights.html "Individual Rights"] from the ''Ayn Rand Lexicon''. Referenced 2013-05-22.</ref><br />
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". . .—the source of man's rights is not divine law or congressional law, but the law of identity. A is A—and Man is Man. Rights are conditions of existence required by man's nature for his proper survival"<ref>Ayn Rand. [http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=media_cui_rights "Man's Rights"]. Referenced 2013-05-22.</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Links==<br />
* {{w|Negative and positive rights}} at Wikipedia<br />
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