Chapters 5 - 7 of "Rights Talk"

One of my favorite quotes of the book is found in Chapter 5, "It is always harder to discern what is absent than to hear what is present" (110). It seems conceivable and almost 'logical' that it is difficult for us to step out of our context and recognize a problem with something that has been so ingrained in our culture and rhetoric, but at the same time, it is even more difficult to recognize that which we are lacking. I do agree with what Glendon has singled out as a problem, and her analysis of what is lacking or absent from our rights discourse, and political discourse in general. At the same time, I do not think that "rights talk" can or ought to be completely discarded. I think that "rights talk," as inflated as it might be, is still an important part of American society (although it may be more in line with our moral notions if it were not so inflated). If we agree with this (that rights talk cannot be completely discarded), how do we, then, retain our individual rights, while, at the same time developing more responsibilities to society and to individuals?