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> neither is a fundamental human right, and rather a societal contract This seems like a purely semantic distinction to me. Unless you're religious and believe
by ForHackernews 6y ago
> neither is a fundamental human right, and rather a societal contract
This seems like a purely semantic distinction to me. Unless you're religious and believe that humans are "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights" then everything you're claiming as a 'right' is just some generally-agreed social principle that your ancestors fought hard to establish.
- rich_sasha 6y agoThere's a secular right and wrong too. It's not that murder is OK, with a fee of life sentence. It is wrong and should never be done, and backed up by legal penalties.
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- ironmagma 6y agoNot really true, as many people support murder by the state in retaliation for heinous crimes including other murders. Two wrongs do not inherently make a right, and our belief that murder is bad is very much a holdover from our religious roots.