Task: Class Definition Understanding (ontology: Legal/LKIF_Core_Ontology)

Which of the following definitions best describes 'Right'?

A. the concept allows propositions, to which therefore the predication Allowed applies. The thing(s) allowed is/are a subset of the thing(s) qualified by the the concept. If S then P(A) means that S is qualified and S and A is allowed.
B. When, for the benefit of a person, this person is both permitted to perform and to omit an action – that is, when the action is facultative – we can say that he or she has a the concept with regard to that action.
C. A the concept is the legal or moral entitlement to do or refrain from doing something or to obtain or refrain from obtaining an action, thing or recogition in civil society.
D. Directed obligative ought-to-do are also called obligative rights. k has the obligative right that j does A iff it is obligatory, toward k, that j does A. An example of obligative right is “it is obligatory, toward Mary, that Tom pays 1,000 euro to John”

Answer: A the concept is the legal or moral entitlement to do or refrain from doing something or to obtain or refrain from obtaining an action, thing or recogition in civil society.