Monday, September 14, 2020

about the right to cross the street

The ideas we discuss in this course remain with me. Last week we wrote about the "right" to our opinion. We talked about how one person's right is another person's obligation. I gave the example of a pedestrian who has the right to cross the street safely in a crosswalk, and how this right obliges drivers to stop, even if they don't want to.

Check out what happens when social contracts break down:

 

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