RE: What Human Rights?
July 18, 2015 at 6:25 am
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2015 at 6:25 am by robvalue.)
Indeed, a "right" is an abstract concept. Abstract concepts don't exist independently. So technically no, they don't exist.
But of course people's brains contain images of abstract concepts, and for practical purposes they are only as useful as far as they correlate with reality somehow. I can think I have the right to say whatever I want, I can tell people I have that right. But it doesn't have any effect on anything unless the people around me generally respect that right.
But of course people's brains contain images of abstract concepts, and for practical purposes they are only as useful as far as they correlate with reality somehow. I can think I have the right to say whatever I want, I can tell people I have that right. But it doesn't have any effect on anything unless the people around me generally respect that right.
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