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Passage: 'A right places certain obligations upon the state to act in a certain way; my right to life obliges the state to make laws that protect me from injury by others.' From the passage, it follows that
AOnly the individual, not the state, owes duties under a right
BRights are purely private matters with no state involvement
CThe state has both positive duties (to protect) and may have negative duties under a citizen's rights
DThe state may infringe any right whenever convenient
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. The state has both positive duties (to protect) and may have negative duties under a citizen's rights
The passage shows the state owes affirmative duties (make protective laws). Elsewhere it also restrains the state — a Hohfeldian duty correlates with a right. The other choices contradict the passage.
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