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UF Philosophy Corner - Ethics by MatthewDBA2008-10-21 08:21:28
  In order: by werehatrack2008-10-21 08:35:19
    I like all but the first. by tallastro2008-10-21 08:48:31
      I'd agree with tallastro's definition,... by bitflipper2008-10-21 09:30:59
        Heinlein said it best, I think by subbywan2008-10-21 09:55:24
          Is it possible to have by MatthewDBA 2008-10-21 10:03:46
a right which cannot (legally, or perhaps physically) be exercised?

In this example, with two men starving and cannibalism the only alternative to death, why cannot both men's right to life be "unalienable"? Heinlein appears to be saying that one can only have a right if one is able to exercise it. I don't see why that must be the case.
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            That's not what he's saying. by subbywan2008-10-21 10:10:06
              Well, I'd say that by MatthewDBA2008-10-21 10:14:17
                What gives them that right? (n/t) by subbywan2008-10-21 10:15:39
                  Why must a right be "given"? by MatthewDBA2008-10-21 10:16:14
                    Based on what? by subbywan2008-10-21 10:21:40
                      That depends on by MatthewDBA2008-10-21 10:33:23
                        scientific evidence, or faith-based? (n/t) by subbywan2008-10-21 10:50:07
                          Are those my only two choices? (n/t) by MatthewDBA2008-10-21 10:51:44
                            Not if you can think of more. (n/t) by subbywan2008-10-21 10:52:47
                              Evidence that rights are by MatthewDBA2008-10-21 10:56:36
                                That's a non-answer though. by subbywan2008-10-21 11:06:32
                                Where did laws come into it? by MatthewDBA2008-10-21 11:10:48
                                No, i think we have the same idea of "human" by subbywan2008-10-21 11:16:39
                                That's not how I see a human. by MatthewDBA2008-10-21 11:24:51
                                I have no argument with that. by subbywan2008-10-21 11:28:31
                                Again, that gets into a definition of "soul" by MatthewDBA2008-10-21 11:38:26
                                What makes them rights? by subbywan2008-10-21 11:41:44
                                That's how I define the word, yes. by MatthewDBA2008-10-21 11:48:56
                                Assuming that is true by subbywan2008-10-21 11:51:13
                                Going with my definition elsewhere by MatthewDBA2008-10-21 12:05:10
                                Which isn't germaine to the discussion though. by subbywan2008-10-21 12:41:31
                                It's not irrelevant by MatthewDBA2008-10-21 12:48:23
                                Then what makes it wrong to define a right by subbywan2008-10-21 13:02:19
                                One could argue that for any word by MatthewDBA2008-10-21 13:05:54
                                But other people can define it according to by subbywan2008-10-21 13:25:36

 

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