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It could be argued rights are something a person has. Once you die, you are no longer a person. Dead people don't have a right to vote. I think a much strong
by lostapathy 8y ago
It could be argued rights are something a person has. Once you die, you are no longer a person. Dead people don't have a right to vote.
I think a much stronger argument is to be made that your surviving family/friends have a right to privacy that somehow includes aspects of deceased relatives lives staying secret. But that makes it a right for the living, not the dead.
- mulmen 8y agoWhile I disagree with the idea that the dead have no rights I do understand it. Even if we accept that I still think it is short sighted for the living to only consider consequences up to their own death and not beyond.