RE: Nature's Laws
May 15, 2015 at 3:50 pm
(This post was last modified: May 15, 2015 at 3:53 pm by robvalue.)
Nature shows itself to be purposeful? In what way? What purpose?
There is no alternative to society deciding rights, I'm afraid. Not any I've heard of, anyway. Any civilised country is always trying to improve them. Do you have another idea? I can just announce I have the "right to have sex with anyone I see" but that makes no actual difference if society does not agree. Rights only mean something when granted and respected by others, otherwise they are just abstracts.
Why does it have to be a matter of agreement? Because if no one agrees I have the right to do something, then I'm going to probably get punished for doing so. If everyone decided their own rights and expected everyone else to respect them, that would be insane.
There is no alternative to society deciding rights, I'm afraid. Not any I've heard of, anyway. Any civilised country is always trying to improve them. Do you have another idea? I can just announce I have the "right to have sex with anyone I see" but that makes no actual difference if society does not agree. Rights only mean something when granted and respected by others, otherwise they are just abstracts.
Why does it have to be a matter of agreement? Because if no one agrees I have the right to do something, then I'm going to probably get punished for doing so. If everyone decided their own rights and expected everyone else to respect them, that would be insane.
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