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The most decisive issue in formulating a theory of rights (or a theory of the withdrawal of rights) deals with the question: “What can be conceived as rights?” This question relates to the epistemological, ontological and normative status of rights. The present study concerns itself mainly with the social function of rights: it therefore skirts epistemological and ontological matters, and concentrates on the ethical and political status of rights. Accordingly, I do not address the question regarding what kinds of entities rights are. At most I relate to the questions of how do we recognize rights, their content and validity.
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Ezra, O. (2002). The Concept of Rights. In: The Withdrawal of Rights. Synthese Library, vol 314. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3500-1_1
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