<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:28:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@salient/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom of Dissociation]]></title><description><![CDATA[     Two newsworthy events in the last few months genuinely caught my attention. On June 23rd, the co-owner of The Red Hen - a Lexington, Virginia based restaurant – asked that]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@salient/freedom-of-dissociation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@salient/freedom-of-dissociation</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[salient]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 04:12:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defining a Right]]></title><description><![CDATA[     In modern parlance, the word right has become more of a colloquialism than a philosophical term. Over usage and misapplication have slowly sapped the meaning from the term.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@salient/defining-a-right</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@salient/defining-a-right</guid><category><![CDATA[rights]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[salient]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2017 06:20:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Positive Rights: A Negative Take]]></title><description><![CDATA[     Negative human rights as a concept predate even Enlightenment philosophy. However, in the libertarian view, their beauty lies not in their age but in their logical sturdiness.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@salient/positive-rights-a-negative-take</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@salient/positive-rights-a-negative-take</guid><category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[salient]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 04:58:39 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>