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by hitekker 2515 days ago
Correct.

Duties precede rights. In the African savannah of 50,000 years ago, our obligations to each other saved us from extinction. As hunter gatherers in tiny bands of ten people, we had to do everything as one. There was only “we”, no “I”, unless you were the leader. You either went with the group or died.

A deeper article: http://bostonreview.net/books-ideas/samuel-moyn-rights-dutie...