If human beings have survival among our inalienable rights
as citizens for whom both rights and duties apply, then we as a society must
grapple with how sustenance can be guaranteed to those among us who are not
meeting their own needs. I put it this way to highlight the lack of
conditionality in the right. That is to say, if it is inalienable, then it is
irrelevant whether the person is lazy or of a bad temperament.
The entire essay is at "Should Entitlement Programs Be Cut?"
The entire essay is at "Should Entitlement Programs Be Cut?"
