Argument depicting divorce as a right is flawed

Rights are positive. Divorce is negative, so it is no right.Rights entail duties. Divorce entails no duty (not even to remarry), so it is no right. The European Convention on Human Rights is reticent on divorce, so divorce is no right. The United...

Rights are positive. Divorce is negative, so it is no right.Rights entail duties. Divorce entails no duty (not even to remarry), so it is no right.

The European Convention on Human Rights is reticent on divorce, so divorce is no right. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights is mum on divorce, so divorce is no right.

Therefore, any argument de­picting divorce as a right in view of introducing it in our legislation is flawed right at the start.

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