ABSTRACT
Alan Gewirth makes the interesting point that the concept of “having a right” need not be limited to explicitly moral justifications, and that one may say on purely prudential grounds that one “has a right” to perform a certain action. The morality corresponding to the notion of “harmony” exhibits a curious ambiguity. In one sense there is no morality at all, since the organic development of society proceeds necessarily. It is time to make a further distinction within the technological mode of valuation, one of considerable importance to any craftsman but of unconditional seriousness to moral agents and moral societies. A truly personal community is one in which action is not inhibited by fear, an ideal that is achieved only when the community includes everyone with whom an agent Interacts. However, as the number of agents involved in a community increases, so does the number of impersonal structures required to facilitate that community.
