http://mises.org/Community/blogs/brainpolice/archive/2007/12/19/positive-quot-rights-quot.aspxThe idea of positive rights is that people have a "right" to be given particular benefits, material resources or services by others. They represent claims of a right to recieve positive benefits from other people, in the abscence of any actualenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)