The Washington Post displayed good sense in this important editorial, “Redefining human rights,” which reveals a most disturbing trend in the thinking at the highest levels of the US government.
(This is a very, very important topic and one that requires careful thought to see through the absurdities propounded in the name of “rights.” I address the confusions in the approach in my essay “Saving Rights Theory from Its Friends,” in Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice.)
