What Does It Mean for Someone to Have a Right

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Multiple Choice

What does it mean for someone to have a right, according to Mill?

• A) To say that someone has a right to something is just to say that society expects the person to be free to have or do that thing.
• B) To say that someone has a right to something is to say that society ought to defend his or her possession of or ability to do that thing.
• C) To say that someone has a right to something is a purely legal claim, with no basis in morality proper.
• D) To say that someone has a right to something is just a way of expressing an especially strong feeling about it.

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