What I expect to learn:
According to it’s title I want to know what composes of the nature and value of rights. How it should affect us in our world. And what is our world without rights itself? I want to know all this as to be explained by Joel Feinberg.
Quote:
“Even if there are conceivable circumstances in which one would admit rights diffidently, there is no doubt that their characteristics use and that for which they are distinctively well suited, is to be claimed, demanded, affirmed, insisted upon.” PAGE 71
Joel Feinberg elaborated on the importance of rights in determining values, morality and basically what’s good in our society as to what Kant had said. Feinberg described rights as an enabler to the people and the society who wishes their actions to be good and this is also applicable not only to them but this should be accepted by everybody else. As to make an example Joel Feinberg said imagine the city of Nowheresville and imagine it has does not follow any kind of right everything should have. He describe it as a chaos and everything would be destroyed as to everybody wants to rule because of their own greed.
Nobody would really care about anyone who they see or they would live to themselves and might as well die alone. That is if we are to follow Nowheresville but today as through the improvements and laws done we are able to exercise the rights of every human and living thing [well almost everything]. Because it’s not that discovering the nature and value of rights would help us do good but also it will help us bridge to one another. And finally once we’ve practiced this it can lead to unity of one’s duty and as well it affects everybody else.
What I’ve learned:
I’ve learned that aside from the virtue and what is good will, I should consider what or how does the living things around me feel when I try to do something good or bad. If it is bad I should reflect upon the consequences they might face and I should also think how to avoid this in the future.
Integrative Questions:
1. What are the nature and value of rights according to Joel Feinberg?
2. How can this be a tool to determine which is bad or good?
3. What is nowheresville as told in the story?
