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>> You cant come to reasonable arguments for human rights without faith in some belief in natural good, dignity or humanity. > We can, and we did. > The US co
by CharlesColeman 8y ago
>> You cant come to reasonable arguments for human rights without faith in some belief in natural good, dignity or humanity.
> We can, and we did.
> The US constitution for example, is explicitly secular.
The US Constitution is a plan of government amended with a listing of human rights. In its original form it left those rights entirely unenumerated. It's an odd argument to claim that it forms any kind of basis for those rights when that basis is clearly elsewhere.