A New Approach towards Explaining the Meaning of Right (in Legal Philosophy) and Finding out Its Instances

Document Type : Original Article

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Associate Professor and Faculty member of Research Institute of hawzah and University

Abstract

In legal philosophy the concept of 'right' if perceived correctly means nothing but 'desert'. This concept of right is inclusive (including all instances of right) as well as exclusive (excluding anything that is not an instance of right). The concept of desert is derived from the comparison of right holders (whether on free choice or on compulsion basis) to their real desired objectives or the goals of their natural movements given the proportionality of the actions that help rights holders reach their goals. In certain cases, reason can independently know about the rights of creatures but in most cases it must rely on revelation in order to know about the rights of creatures.

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