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People don’t get more rights than others. All individuals get the same unalienable rights, and that is a universal truth which is self-evident.
by 0x8BADF00D 8y ago
People don’t get more rights than others. All individuals get the same unalienable rights, and that is a universal truth which is self-evident.
- anigbrowl 8y agoI disagree, but in any case you seem to be disregarding the context of my comment above, without which it is empty of meaning.
- zaarn 8y agoHow is this "universal truth self-evident"? I'd love you to show me that there is a repeatable and measurable experiment that determines that as a fundamental function of the universe, people should have equal rights. Personally, I don't believe that (the fact it's a universal truth) to be true, morals and ethics are a subjective topic and stuff like "everyone should have equal right" is something that most people including me can agree on fairly easily. Other people might not agree.
- yontherubicon 8y agoThis doesn't work without a universal moral law, an assumption now deprecated in many circles.
- jazzyjackson 8y agoThe founders held those truths to be self-evident, but in some contexts (say , outside of educated 18th century gentry) they must be argued.