The Right to Need-Satisfaction

Abstract

This article argues that a ‘Right to Need-Satisfaction’ should be the basis of the Scottish Government’s proposed National Care Service. This service will take a ‘human rights-based approach’. The premise of this right is: if people are to participate in society, then they must be given sufficient resources to do so. However, this stance is insufficient unless such resources are accompanied by an awareness of people’s own oppressed situation within society and the support people need from their peer group.