Sunday 2 December 2012

There is no such thing as a Human Right without a corresponding Human Duty

The phrase "Human Rights" consists of two words.  The meaning is that if we are human we have a right to certain necessities that animals do not have.  But if we are human we also have duties that animals do not have.  There is no such thing (except for babies or the totally mentally incapable) as a Human Right without a corresponding Human Duty. All of us with a right to be cured by the NHS have a responsibility to the whole organisation to keep it in working order to the best of our ability and not lay unnecessary burdens upon it.

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