Consider the relationship between rights and responsibilities

[jbradleychen]

This is a wonderful draft and a great contribution to the open web.

One thing that seems missing to me, and worth considering, is a discussion of responsibilities. Rights only function in society because of corresponding responsibilities, responsibilities that are necessary but commonly taken for granted. For example, the right to physical safety is widely acknowledged, but meaningless unless individuals embrace a responsibility to respect the physical safety of others. In the physical world, privacy rights are common, but not absolute, and can be lost in the interest of public safety, for example via search warrants or incarceration.

It is a well established notion in moral philosophy that rights must be matched with responsibilities. If there is support from the editors I would be interested in exploring how this draft might be extended to consider responsibilities.

[torgo]

We discussed today in the context of "does it need to be addressed before issuing a w3c statement" and we agreed to keep this open but address after the first statement release - hence 'back burner'.