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> as well as the right to be assured of your next meal No such right seems to exist, in my view. That said, we have a duty and obligation as a society to help
by tristor 4y ago
> as well as the right to be assured of your next meal
No such right seems to exist, in my view. That said, we have a duty and obligation as a society to help out those in need, but this is not the same thing as this being a human right. That meal requires the labor of another, and there is no human right in my viewpoint that causes the enslavement of someone else.
- kibwen 4y ago> No such right seems to exist, in my view Unfortunately, it doesn't matter whether or not we believe it to exist. If given the choice between crime and starvation, people will choose crime. One can believe in the inviolability of personal property all they want; they'll change their tune when hunger sets in. > That meal requires the labor of another, and there is no human right in my viewpoint that causes the enslavement of someone else. Sure. But nature is not so kind. You have food, and someone is coming for it. Your option is to either kill them or give it to them. If you would die without that food, then the moral choice is obvious. If you have so much food that it would be physically impossible for you to notice the loss of any of it, then the alternative is true.