RE: Whatever you may think of Rand Paul...
January 20, 2012 at 3:33 pm
(This post was last modified: January 20, 2012 at 3:39 pm by reverendjeremiah.)
(January 20, 2012 at 2:52 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I could say the same about you rev. At least I have arguments to back my morality up. Do humans have rights? Yes. Are unborn children humans? Yes. Should unborn children have rights? Yes.
Your profile says: "Millitant Agnostic Atheist. Existential & Moral Nihilist "
How can you be a moral nihilist and support such idealistic concepts as "rights"? Do you not understand what "nihilism" means?
I embrace absurdism, which is somewhat related to nihilism. So when you ask me "do humans have rights?" I flat out give you the nihilist answer to the question: "NO".
NOW..this is where the nihilist and absurdist part paths. the nihilist will stay on "No" and will not budge. There are no rights for humans, never was, never were, and there is no sense in making stuff up. Reality is reality and we should face it.
THAT is what a nihilist would say.
The absurdist (and you are going to quickly understand why it is called absurdism in this post) says "I am full aware that humans have no inherent rights, yet i personally think they should"
It is clearly an absurd proposition. The absurdist embraces AND rejects the fact that, in this situation, there are no inherent human rights in the cosmos. He admits that his view is only his personal opinion, and not some concrete law written in the stars or some shady concept such as "the spirit of humanity" or such.
So, I ask you again...how can someone who claims to be a "moral nihilist" support the concept of human rights?
