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Rights aren't achieved by consensus. There is no democratic vote on the laws of Nature and what derives from it. Society is not a creature of Nature and thus do
by Dracophoenix 3y ago
Rights aren't achieved by consensus. There is no democratic vote on the laws of Nature and what derives from it. Society is not a creature of Nature and thus does not exist. It's an abstract notion derived from the collective schizophrenia of its individual constituents. It has no life of its own, nor is it worthy of one. Only the living have rights.
- boxed 3y ago> Rights aren't achieved by consensus. In the best case they are. The alternative is that rights are achieved by benevolent dictators, and that leads to bad places fast when the dictator is replaced. > There is no democratic vote on the laws of Nature and what derives from it. Eh, ok? What does "what derives from it" mean here? > Society is not a creature of Nature and thus does not exist. Well that was just not true. Society exists in reality. That's like saying thoughts do not exist because there are only single neurons. Or seas do not exist, there are only single H2O molecules. > Only the living have rights. There we agree at least. Although I should say not "have" but "should have". We should have rights. In many parts of the world though the collective consensus is that they should not, like in Taliban Afghanistan.