Full security of human rights
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In this construction, our obligation would be to negative morality. It is the kind of morality that we usually focus on in discussions of ethics and obligation. It is essentially a concern with full security of human rights. I call it a “negative” morality because it is essentially a reduction of immorality. It certainly is not a bad type of morality!
Many (currently, most) will not have the opportunity or good fortune to worry about this higher order problem, as they will be happy to be satisfy their basic needs first. In that way, this presupposes full security of human rights.