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Entry: The Wrongs of "Rights" Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_wrongs_of_rights#7324 Post contents: I wouldn't describe emigration as a "right" as much as a convention. It will be "upheld" to the degree the general dispersion of power makes it possible. There's certainly no guarantee it will be upheld. It's not upheld in Cuba or North Korea today. I take can't credit for this view. I lifted it from Socrates, who said the citizen is obligated to obey the laws of the city so long as he can exit with his family and property. What I'm basically arguing for is a theory of legitimacy based on "freedom of association" as opposed to either "popular sovereignty" in the Rousseauan tradition or representation in the Lockean tradition. Sent at: 2008 09 06