Discuss the theory of choice Duties and Rights
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Rights theories can be further elaborated by dividing them into choice theory and interest theory. Choice theory states that, apart from the right to liberty, we only have rights in so far as someone else has a duty towards us. Hence, Q makes a promise to P, and therefore has a duty to keep that promise. Because of the situation, P possesses a right, namely, the right to release Q from the promise. P's right is the correlative of Q's duty. However, as Waldron points out, I consider that I have a duty not to harm or maim other creatures, but I do not regard myself as released from that duty if the creatures tell me that I am free to maim and harm them. This observation is relevant to the question of whether or not it is ethical to conduct risky non-therapeutic research on consenting people.