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    If society should leave something to chance or to the per... — Carmelics
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    Supports→A person does not have a right to something if society ought not take measures to secure that thing for that person.

    If society should leave something to chance or to the person's own exertions, society has no obligation to secure it.

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    These [two] elements are, a hurt to some assignable person or persons on the one hand, and a demand for punishment on the other. … [T]hese two things include all that we mean when we speak of violation of a right. When we call anything a person’s right, we mean that he has a valid claim on society to protect him in the possession of it, either by the force of law, or by that of education and opinion. If he has what we consider a sufficient claim, on whatever account, to have something guaranteed

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