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Feasibility and social rights

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  • Charlie Richards

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Social interactions and personal relationships are essential for a minimally good life, and rights to such things – social rights – have been increasingly acknowledged in the literature. The question as to what extent social rights are feasible – and properly qualify as rights – however, remains. Can individuals reliably provide each other with love and friendship after trying, for instance? At first glance, this claim seems counterintuitive. This paper argues, contrary to our pre-theoretic intuitions, that individuals can reliably provide each other with such relationships, rendering even “thick†social rights feasible. This conclusion challenges the assumption that such things cannot be reliably provided after trying, and suggests that a surprisingly wide class of social rights are feasible. Claiming relationships characterised by love or friendship as a matter of justice, therefore, is possible, and our theories of justice should appropriately widen to accommodate this fact where appropriate.

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  • Charlie Richards, 2023. "Feasibility and social rights," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 22(4), pages 470-494, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pophec:v:22:y:2023:i:4:p:470-494
    DOI: 10.1177/1470594X231163280
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