Stepping away from the subject, the author is to examine the arguments proposed for and against the right-basedness of modernity and the duty-basedness of tradition. The proponents of this view falsly suppose that 'right' and 'duty' have their common and general meanings in law, whereas the subject, being related to philosophy and metaphysics, has an ontological and humanistic nature. Thus, the paper, despite having a positive view of the right-basedness of modernity and the duty-basedness of tradition, considers this particular relationship between modernity and tradition and right and duty to be niether a privilege for modernity nor a shortcoming for tradition.
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