Out of Frame
About this show
Video essays that explore the intersection of art, culture, and big ideas written & produced by FEE's Director of Media, Sean W. Malone.
Attack on Titan: You Were Born Free
August 11, 2022
Alright anime fans, you win… As Out of Frame winds down, it’s time for a highly-requested episode about Attack on Titan. Although I’m not a huge anime person, I decided to give this one a spin to see what the hype was all about. There certainly was great action, compelling characters, and interesting symbolism, but some of the themes became muddled after a few seasons. Specifically, the heroism of defending rights.
Everyone is born free and has the right to life, liberty, and property, but the defense of that right doesn’t necessitate a proactive assault on the rights of others. For that, it’s worth getting into the difference between positive rights (privileges) and negative rights (the only that exist). Let’s break it down on this feature episode of Out of Frame.
CREDITS:
Written by Sean W. Malone & Jen Maffessanti
Produced by Sean W. Malone
Edited by Michael Ozias
Asst. Edited by Abby Richardson
LINKS:
– Negative Rights vs. Positive Rights –
https://www.learnliberty.org/videos/positive-rights-vs-negative-rights/
https://fee.org/articles/the-perils-of-positive-rights/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/liberty-positive-negative/
https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=12187&context=journal_articles&httpsredir=1&referer
https://fee.org/articles/rights-and-non-rights-a-simple-way-to-distinguish-the-two/
https://fee.org/articles/the-four-freedoms-speech-fdr-s-worst-perversion-of-freedom/
https://fee.org/articles/is-health-care-a-human-right/
https://www.crf-usa.org/foundations-of-our-constitution/natural-rights.html#:~:text=Among%20these%20fundamental%20natural%20rights,to%20preserve%20their%20own%20lives.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke-political/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_rights_and_legal_rights
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Treatises_of_Government
https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/hollis-the-two-treatises-of-civil-government-hollis-ed
