UPSC Prelims 2017 · CSAT (Paper 2) · Q17

Comprehension

Medium · Understanding a quoted statement

Rights are not private possessions to be enjoyed in isolation, but the necessary conditions without which a person cannot participate as an equal in the life of the community; to violate another's rights is therefore to diminish not merely that person but the shared framework within which everyone's dignity is secured.

Which one of the following best reflects the correct understanding of rights, as per the above passage?