Since I am the one who invoked the term "stewardship", what I meant by it, as attested in a reputable dictionary, is most relevant.
I did not say that the environment was particularly entrusted to me, I quoted a portion of a definition. My son was, in a manner of speaking, entrusted to me; the various task I have undertaken, whether remunerative or purely voluntary, have been entrusted to me; many things may be entrusted to one.
Actually, I was accusing you of overuse of the word "control" in the relevant section of the argument, but let it pass.
I do not impose the moral claim upon you, society does. I merely assert the claim when relevant.
A right is a moral claim against another, to do or to forbear. You cannot assert a right without acknowledging that we do have moral claims upon one another. If we do not have moral claims upon one another, but each simply follows his nature, you have no basis to assert the right to be left alone.
Whatever you may hold unjustly, for example, if you occupy a house and take hostages, may morally be taken from you by force.
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