Prima Facie Right

The most interesting part about Gregory Vlastos’s essay was his discussion on Prima Facie Rights on page 47. Now, after looking up the definition of the word “prima facie,” which defines the word as “at first view; at the first appearance”, I see how Vlastos’s view of rights. In a related note, another source defines the word as “what at first seems to be true, until later proven wrong.” This makes sense to me that any right that we, as human being, declare does seem true; therefore it becomes true until it is proven wrong by moral reasons. It is easy to declare a right is a right that a person should have and in a sense, it would seems true for a human being for the sake of securing his/her well being. It can, then, be argued by another person, who thinks the right is wrong or right, to declare that the right to something is wrong or right by using reason. Therefore, to me, this all ties in with the notion that it takes at least two people to create a right. One, of course, has to declare a right, while the other either agree or disagree to accept the right of the individual. I don’t think one person can declare a right, to either restrict someone or make another fulfill a duty to the person, is even possible since no one is around to fulfill it.