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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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Thu Aug 22, 2013, 03:55 PM Aug 2013

Do rights exist? [View all]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights

Rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory.


I see rights as attributes of people. Others see them as conventions or social inventions.


Your thoughts please.
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Do rights exist? [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 OP
Rights, organizations (including governments), human laws, ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #1
Can I infer... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 #3
Yes for laws and fairness, but no for love and anger. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #5
I'm unable to understand what system you have... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 #6
Ha! ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #13
So then... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 #14
I don't think so. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #15
I don't think so. delrem Nov 2013 #22
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Your subject line isn't true. bye. delrem Nov 2014 #31
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Rights are attributes of people. rrneck Aug 2013 #2
I'm having a bit of confusion... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 #4
I would rephrase if I could think of a better way to say it. rrneck Aug 2013 #7
I guess I'm having some trouble with this: discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 #10
Natural and legal rights rrneck Aug 2013 #11
I'm good with that. discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 #12
I'd say it depends very much on which school of ethics you subscribe to. Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2013 #8
I'd suggest that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 #9
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"Whether you know it or not, among the French and Germans, right means law." Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2014 #33
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For at least the second time, THE PARAGRAPH IS YOUR FRIEND. Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2014 #36
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OK, I shall introduce myself to you. Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2014 #38
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I'm afraid I have some major disagreements with you. Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2014 #40
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"I'm afraid that I ..." Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2014 #42
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I used an idiom that I'm sure you've heard at least a thousand times Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2014 #44
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Being polite is not cant, nor is it being dishonest. Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2014 #46
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I think I see our basic problem Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2014 #48
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I believe that the obligation... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2013 #17
Don't human rights have to be recognized and asserted to exist? delrem Sep 2013 #18
re: "...the right for an individual to be treated equally under the rule of law." discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2013 #19
Correct. It's an *obligation* of gov't. delrem Nov 2013 #20
War is uncivilized discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2013 #21
I really appreciate DU. n/t delrem Nov 2013 #23
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Do rights exist? CloptonHavers Feb 2014 #24
After some reading... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #25
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Rights are Subordinated to... PavelKO Oct 2016 #50
As is generally said, 'The winners get to write history.' discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #51
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