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Then it's wrong in a very unfortunate Founding Fathers way also. Because the Declaration of Independence states that we DO have inalienable rights and they ARE
by pzxc 16y ago
Then it's wrong in a very unfortunate Founding Fathers way also. Because the Declaration of Independence states that we DO have inalienable rights and they ARE natural laws (i.e., endowed by our creator, which is a religious way of saying natural law).
- natep 16y agoThe Declaration of Independence says it, so it must be true? The DoI is, among other things, a social contract that most Americans have agreed to, which is exactly what ThomPete said.
- pzxc 16y agoMy point is that saying the belief is Ayn-Randian is disingenuous, because a lot of founding fathers believed that also. But I guess it's easier to diss on Ayn Rand than it is on Thomas Jefferson.
- ThomPete 16y agoIt's easier to diss on Ayn Rand because her claims are so much bigger. I am not American btw, so I don't have any specific problem dissing Jefferson, I just don't see why I should. I am not against property rights I am against the idea that property rights are natural rights. I can forgive Jefferson for living in different times, but Ayn Rand should have known better.
- ThomPete 16y agoThe Declaration of Independence is not a natural law it is in any sense of the word a political law. The Founding Fathers declaration doesn't apply to the 5.8 billion people who lives outside the US. And even if it did it would not by any metrics be a natural law. Property rights is a human construct nothing else.