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Is/ought.

Rights are oughts, not ises, IMO. (Oughts which I believe in, but still oughts).



I agree, but this is a matter of semantics. There is nothing in the physical universe that supports morality.

Rights are components of a moral framework, inherently philosophical - unless you believe in a god. When someone says something IS a right, they are really saying "This is a fundamental assumption in the moral framework I believe to describe a just world"




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