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ARCADIA

(the Axelon Research, Collation and Access of Data Institute's Archives)

Section R

For a list of entries in this section, please see the main ARCADIA page.

Publishing date:  January 1, 2221 AD (Axelon Main Timeframe)

English version (20th century midwestern American, net-accessible, alphabetic with images, alphabetical order, perspective-set:moderate liberal) and all other versions ©2221 ARCADI.

Explanation of code used.
 

Entries:

Rama,

Rheingold,

Rights

The rights accorded to sentient beings in the 23rd century are at least as complicated as they were in the late 20th century.  The advent of numerous means of infiltrating personal rights -- through infotech, biotech and other ways -- has meant that the ability of the law to define what a person consists of, and what rights should be accorded to that person, have become progressively more strained.

Generally speaking, most governments fall into two broad classes with regards to their ideas on rights:  protectivists and pragmatists.  Protectivists generally believe that rights must be protected even if it means a decrease in society's ability to function.  Thus, protectivists support a person's right to privacy (also called freedom of no-access), even when such a right may be interpreted as protecting the criminally dangerous.  Many believe that a person's thoughts are inviolable, and that any government invasion of them is adequate proof that the government itself has ceased to serve its citizens.

Pragmatists believe that society's incredibly complex net of interpenetrating obligations and interactions means that rights cannot be protected in all situations, nor even should be.  Several corporate states fall into this category.  For example, AlphaBank maintains protections against violence and guaranteeing shelter, food and oxygen for its citizens, but nowhere are such freedoms as speech or religion actually guaranteed (though they are officially encouraged, and those who use position to infringe on others' freedoms are severly punished).  

Part of the reason for the
 
 

Roosevelt,

Rosacampo,

Ross 128,

Russia

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Name(s)  Axelon 
Primary  Escalante 
Orbit  0.07 AU 
Diameter  7122 KM. 
Satellites  5: Gramophone, Elias, Eliade, Thatcher and Misanthrope 
Density  3210 kg/m³. 
DMTP F30
Gravity  0.79 G's 
Atmosphere  Trace, mostly carbon dioxide 
Population  410,000,000 humans; scattered Qiqiu, Starwhales and Hammerheads 

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