| Kasz216 said: This is one of those things based off your own personal philosphy again isn't it rather then being based off of any sort of actual logical definition of rights?
There are two kinds of rights. Natrual Rights... and Legal Rights. Healthcare in many countries is a legal right. It however is NOT a natural intrinsic right. Therefore you can not argue Healthcare should be universal by law because it's a right. Because it's not a right until it becomes a law.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_and_legal_rights |
What is a "natural intrinsic right"? You will notice that, in your wikipedia link, it has three major proponents of "natural rights" - Hobbes, Locke, and Paine. All three were religious (Hobbes was called an Atheist by some at the time, but that term at the time meant "non-christian", and he always defended himself from such claims, and Paine was a Deist).
The only way for a "natural right" to exist is for it to be imposed by some higher power. Otherwise, there really is nothing that a person is inherently protected from, and rights are a form of protection. The right to a fair trial is a protection from an unfair trial. The right to life is a protection against murder. And quite simply, at this point in the development of society, healthcare should also be a right, we should protect a person's quality of life.
