(February 18, 2012 at 12:31 pm)Jaysyn Wrote:(February 17, 2012 at 9:29 pm)Tiberius Wrote: In any case, as a Libertarian I hold that rights are not "granted"; they are inherent.
And as a self-proclaimed nihilist, you should know better.
They are inherent in that one can justify them by arguing from the position of negative rights. They are not inherent in the sense that they are "objective truths" that have always existed. Rights require a mind to exist, so they are subjective. However, as logic seems to be inherent to our minds, and negative rights are based on logic, rights are inherent in that specific context.
