I don't think there are such things as natural (human) rights. If this came to be a widely held belief then likely lives would be lost. 1/
In other words, talk of human rights probably makes the world a better place - less suffering overall. Therefore, I tend to think it's... 2/
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best to keep a bit quiet about it, not shout it from political rooftops & the like. But... 3/
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if you demand I answer either Yes or No to the question of whether natural rights exist, I'm not going to answer "Yes" just because... 4/
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a "No" answer, if widely adopted, would result in lives lost. And certainly I couldn't come to believe that they exist merely because... 5/
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that would be the politically (and, in many ways, morally) preferable belief. 6/
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Truth, in some hard to specify, can't quite nail it down, way matters. end/
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@PhilosophyExp why no natural rights? I'll let Mikhail do my arguing for me.... http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1924915 …
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@PhilosophyExp I agree. Useful legal construct, but a fiction.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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