Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated. (Tom G. Palmer)

Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated.

Tom G. Palmer

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