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In reply to the discussion: Do rights exist? [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,578 posts)9. I'd suggest that...
...any respectful system (ethics, law, government...) must make possible the formulation, inference and/or determination of rights which, of necessity, must be considered native to the individual.
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I'd say it depends very much on which school of ethics you subscribe to.
Fortinbras Armstrong
Aug 2013
#8
"Whether you know it or not, among the French and Germans, right means law."
Fortinbras Armstrong
Nov 2014
#33
I used an idiom that I'm sure you've heard at least a thousand times
Fortinbras Armstrong
Dec 2014
#44
re: "...the right for an individual to be treated equally under the rule of law."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Sep 2013
#19