Food Is *Clearly* Not a Human Right IN BOURGEOIS SOCIETY, BUT IN SOCIALIST DEMANDS AND SOCIETY..

Charles Brown CharlesB at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us
Tue Apr 2 15:01:24 PST 2002


Food Is *Clearly* Not a Human Right IN BOURGEOIS SOCIETY, BUT IN SOCIALIST DEMANDS AND SOCIETY.. "Justin Schwartz" <jkschw at hotmail.com>


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>CB: Yes, I think Dlawbailey and Justin are using a more bourgeois
>conception of rights and freedom. I am using, not surprisingly , a Marxist
>conception of rights, which includes the bourgeois concepts but goes beyond
>them to a fuller conception of freedom.

That's a contradiction in terms, a Marxist conception of rights. At least Marx would have thought so.

jks

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CB: I think you mean you think Marx would have thought so. How about some support for your claim ?

Marx said for socialism , from each according to ability , to each according to work. The second phrase is a right principle. Doug often refers to Marx's famous essay on the right to freedom of speech.



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