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I define it as one where everyone is equal and free. opinions may vary though.
How can you have a society where everyone is equal and free if you don't define the right of individuals to be equal and free? There are always people and organizations who would give preference to their tribe, whether for well-intentioned or nefarious reasons.
it seems pretty obvious that we can just observe whether everybody is equal and free, and if somebody is preventing somebody else from being equal or free, tell them to knock it off.
That's what rights are.
no, "rights" are an enlightenment era fiction created by people who were supposedly interested in empiricism, but never bothered to question whether rights exist.
Rights are things that as a society we agree people should be allowed to do. And if they're prevented from doing them, we tell the people preventing them to knock it off.
but we don't agree. the government infringes on so-called inalienable rights all the time. often without repercussion.
So you agree that you believe in what everyone else calls rights, just that governments aren't perfect. Which nobody said they were.
no. I believe they don't exist, and the fact of infringement proves that. they are a fiction, and one that creates barriers to liberty.
This is such an idiotic take. They aren't a fiction. Sure, there isn't some sort of magical guarantee you have them, but that doesn't make the term or concept less useful.
they are literally made up. there is no empirical evidence of their existence.
What in the solipsism am I reading right now. Multiple countries and international groups have things called rights. They exist.
do you know how I know that you don't know what solipsism is?
it has no mass and no energy. it's a social construct, and it does not serve it's purported function. it's a fiction.
When people are told to change their behavior, sometimes their response is just to say fuck off. How could we possibly expect compliance without codifying what they should comply with? How would you deal with conflicting values? As much as governments are the single largest cause of mass murders and deaths, this is the one thing they are good for: defining parameters.
none of this necessitates rights
you can't prove this
Has there ever been anywhere in recorded human history where this wasn't true?
this question is not proof.
Why do you want that?
it sounds nice to me
Ok, then why does that sound nice? You gotta see where I'm going with this.
I don't care for your interrogative style. say what you want.
I want you to understand how your concept of a just society ultimately depends on natural rights, whether or not we call them rights.
Why do you want everyone to be equal and free, why would that be nice? Why should we care?
no, it doesn't.
Yes it does
saying it doesn't make it true.
say what you want to say. i don't care for your interrogative style.
I am literally asking, and just explained why.
and I am telling you I don't care to be interrogated. I said what I wanted to say.
It looks like I'm not the only person who's trying to explain this to you, and you're responding to everyone the same way.
Your idea is incoherent and you need to either listen to people or educate yourself.
you haven't explained anything, you've made unsupported claims.