Gewirth unterscheidet drei Typen von Rechten, die sich auf unterschiedliche Ebenen von "well-being" beziehen:

  • Basic rights safeguard one's subsistence or basic well-being
  • Nonsubtractive rights maintain the capacity for fulfilling purposive agency, while
  • additive rights provide the requisites for developing one's capabilities (such as education).


Literatur

  • Gewirth, Alan (1978) Reason and Morality. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.