Prima facie right

{{Short description|Right that can be outweighed by other considerations}}

A prima facie right is a right that can be outweighed by other considerations. It stands in contrast with absolute rights, which cannot be outweighed by anything. Some authors consider an absolute right as a prima facie right, but one that cannot be outweighed in any possible situation.{{Cite book|title=The Concept of Rights|url=https://archive.org/details/conceptrightslaw00wgeo|url-access=limited|last=Rainbolt|first=George|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|year=2006|isbn=140203976X|location=Dordrecht|pages=[https://archive.org/details/conceptrightslaw00wgeo/page/n173 161]}} It is also maintained that all men always have a prima facie rights to liberty, security, and life but they do not constitute actual rights if there are stronger prima facie rights or moral considerations that supervene.{{Cite book|title=God and the Grounding of Morality|last=Nielsen|first=Kai|publisher=University of Ottawa Press|year=1991|isbn=0776603280|location=Ottawa|pages=101}} An act may also be viewed as prima facie right but viewed in others as prima facie wrong.{{Cite book|title=Introducing Philosophy Through Film: Key Texts, Discussion, and Film Selections|last=Fumerton|first=Richard|last2=Jeske|first2=Diane|date=2010|publisher=Wiley Blackwell|isbn=9781405171021|location=Hoboken, NJ|pages=293|language=en}}