The implication seems to be that exploitation accompanies city life. An injection of the wisdom of an untamed heart is the beginning of justice.
Medical care is a universal human right, some people say. An adequate diet is a universal human right, some people say. Marriage is a right, the Supreme Court of the United States said in Obergefell v. Hodges — WISDOMfromPO-MO
You are asserting that 'rights' arise because of blatant violations of human justice men inflict on men. I like that. So then rights and the state arise from the same source, a need for protection. — Cavacava
The right to education is part of the right to fully participate in society - why is that absurd? — unenlightened
People are being absurdly ethnocentric if they think that an arbitrary feature of their culture--something that may not exist in the future due to environmental, biological and cultural changes--is a universal right guaranteed to every individual. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
The freedom to choose who you want to marry within consensual boundaries is the point of the case... — TimeLine
and everyone has the right to medical care is to ensure that all people - refugees, homeless, drug-addicts - are provided with medical care; there have been incidents here in Australia where indigenous persons have been refused medical attention in certain clinics... — TimeLine
I agree that the lack of clarity could cause potential issues, for instance there has been a lot of discussion with what the right to leisure, play, and participation in cultural and artistic activities means in the UN Declaration on Children's Rights. But once more, where there is any lack of clarity, one needs to consider the purpose of the law itself, of justice to ascertain the purpose. — TimeLine
Everybody already had that freedom. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
But that is not what people mean when they say medical care is a right. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
Everybody talks about the "pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence like it means the freedom to try to obtain some desired psychological state. But according to Marilynne Robinson in this essay, Jefferson's happiness means not some psychological state that social scientists measure but "a level of life above subsistence". — WISDOMfromPO-MO
And should it be? Marriage is a religious institution, and should therefore obey religious rules and regulations. All major religions, without exception, condemn homosexual (and lesbian) sex as immoral, and don't allow marriages to occur between people of the same-sex. I include here Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism as among major religions.Last time I checked, same-sex marriage is not a freedom available for everyone. — TimeLine
I am looking for the concept of right, a priori.
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