Entitlement

An entitlement is a guarantee of access to benefits based on established rights or by legislation. A "right" is itself an entitlement associated with a moral or social principle, such that an "entitlement" is a provision made in accordance with legal framework of a society. Typically, entitlements are laws based on concepts of principle ("rights") which are themselves based in concepts of social equality or enfranchisement.

In a casual sense, the term "entitlement" refers to a notion or belief that one (or oneself) is deserving of some particular reward or benefit—if given without deeper legal or principled cause, the term is often given with pejorative connotation (e.g. a "sense of entitlement").

Entitlement may also refer to the idea of an entitlement society, in which everyone receives the same or similar rewards, regardless of education, effort, and willingness to take risk.

Narcissism

In clinical psychology and psychiatry, an unrealistic, exaggerated, or rigidly held sense of entitlement may be considered a symptom of narcissistic personality disorder, seen in those who 'because of early frustrations...arrogate to themselves the right to demand lifelong reimbursement from fate.

Land development

In land development, the entitlement process is the legal method of obtaining approvals for the right to develop property for a desired use (e.g. rezoning).^{[citation needed]}

In the United States

In the United States, Social Security and Medicare are examples of entitlement programs.

See also

• culture of entitlement
• entitlement (fair division)
• Entitlement Theory
• Amartya Sen
• subjective right (Subjektives Recht)

External links

• Sense of Entitlement