• FireTower@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I think this cleared up our disconnect. I chose oblige to indicate that they require others to do something for them to occur. Most often paying taxes, to pay the provider of a service. This typically isn’t a ‘at gunpoint’ interaction. But negative rights will never require another to do something for it to be practiced.

    I agree with your highlighting of the philosophy behind them. I was more concerned about a short rememberable way to differentiate the two.

    So I chose oblige vs force to make sure it had the connotation of a civil concession.