Assess The Difference Between Positive And Negative Rights

The difference between positive and negative rights is that one has to do something while the other does not. A general definition of positive rights is that it is the right to be provided goods or services. It is harder to philosophically justify positive rights over negotiate rights, because positive rights obligates a person to do something. Negative rights are the rights to be left alone and to refuse care and to do things on a voluntary bias. An example of a positive right is getting treated at a hospital a doctor has to treat his patient and he cannot refuse to do so. On the other hand, an example of negative rights could be a clerk refusing to sell a person an item because they do not have enough money. Negative rights and positive