Positive and Negative Rights

• The right to save for one’s future is a negative right: Others must refrain from interfering with my accumulating and investing property.
• The Current Model seem to have positive rights to a retirement pension: Someone has a duty to support me in my retirement, even if h...

Unexpected negative events keep happening, but we choose hope and positivity over despair and cling to the positive things that help us survive the crisis.

Reality cannot be seen with positivity goggles at all times, and being constantly positive blinds us from the actual ...

Positive and negative reinforcement is powerful to sustain many habits. For example, drugs alleviate negative feelings and add positive ones.

Similarly, a habit of judgmentalness can be positively reinforced, such as the thrill of being right or feeling intellectually superior.