26 November 2015, The Tablet

Qualified rights


 
They’re at it again! Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna has referred to an “unrestricted” right (“Call to maintain refugee outreach”, The Church in the World, 21 November). The previous week the pro-life activist Cora Sherlock spoke of “authentic” human rights.Where has this idea that rights can be qualified come from? Is there a hierarchy of rights? Who decides? Since the concept of “rights” is invoked so frequently by so many to v
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