(February 1, 2012 at 4:36 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote: I think "rights" are imaginary things granted to us by default of them not being against the law. "Good" and "bad" are also imaginary. I think that as long as I am upholding the social contract of the nation I am living in, then all's well.
Rights are the recognition granted to a person's status as a moral being. Good and bad are identification of the nature of your actions. They are about as imaginary words we assign to objects.