# What Function vs. Rights means in The Acquisitive Society

> The book contrasts a society organized around social purpose and function—where rights derive from service—with an 'acquisitive society' based on absolute individual rights to property and gain, regardless of social contribution.

## Explanation

The book contrasts a society organized around social purpose and function—where rights derive from service—with an 'acquisitive society' based on absolute individual rights to property and gain, regardless of social contribution.

The chapter establishes industry's function as service to the community, contrasting it with the assertion of individual rights divorced from social purpose.

The chapter explicitly defines function as activity embodying social purpose, contrasting it with the prevailing emphasis on individual rights irrespective of social contribution.

Contrasts the doctrine of rights (individual property and self-interest) with the principle of function (discharge of social obligations as basis for rights).

Contrasts the principle of function (remuneration based on service) with the prevailing doctrine of unlimited rights to exploit economic opportunities, arguing that the latter causes perpetual conflict and dissatisfaction.

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