HL.c.11—Rights-based ethics

Apply rights-based ethics.

Rights-based ethics asks whether an action violates duties or the rights of people, animals or nature, regardless of aggregate benefit.

A project may be rejected if it violates a community’s consent or a recognised right even when total output increases.

Identify whose right is claimed, who has the duty and what conflict must be resolved.

Key idea: Apply rights-based ethics.

Rights-based reasoning is not simply a calculation of the largest total gain.