It does feel very odd for me, an atheist, to be told by Christians that rights are a human concept & there's no objectively moral stance.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I agree obviously. We need to argue for the right to healthcare as a moral good. But where do they think I think those ethics come from?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
That's the answer that needs to be articulated by proponents. What distinguishes a good policy from a right?
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Replying to @rhoark
I am just discovering that Americans use the term 'right' in a quasi religious sense to mean something inalienable that exists objectively.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @rhoark
Whereas I am talking about 'things we decide that a good society should provide for all its citizens.'
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Replying to @HPluckrose @rhoark
Whereas human rights are not something for society to decide. They are an ethical version of a scientific discovery.
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Replying to @BristolBen @rhoark
They're a human concept based on the premise that human wellbeing in this matters.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @rhoark
We'll agree that they are not Godly
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Yes, the only thing you need to add is that they are a *necessary* and *inevitable* concept.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
once the premise of human well being is accepted (some ethical axioms are required to "prime the pump").
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Replying to @BristolBen @rhoark
And we add that all humans matter. Could argue that the some of human wellbeing could be increased by killing off some of us
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*the sum
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