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Quote by: caspian88 Pale Rider, my argument hinges on this - where do we get these natural rights from?
Answer - nowhere. These "self evident truths" are ideas that were mutually agreed upon by many, if not most, people. They are not something that any person has a right to based solely on their existence, it is a convention that came about over several thousand years. Saying that they are "natural" was a result of religoius influence and the ignorance and idealism of the times. |
Nowhere.. Except that they are encoded into every facet of our legal system. To deny that they exist is to deny your right to live as a free person as opposed to living as a slave.
You can make all the philosophical arguments that you like, but the fact remains that in this country, an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is granted to every human being by his creator. If you believe in God, then the right comes from that source, if you don't, then your parents create you and they give you that right. And it isn't a time compliant right. If you are a human being, the right is yours. Since we don't become more human by virtue of our age, it stands to reason that we always have the right
Roe is going to be struck down next time it is heard precicely because unborns are human beings from the moment of their conception (agreed upon by contemporary science) and in this nation, human beings have an inalienable right to life. Unless of course, the unborn is directly threatening the life of the woman who has the right to defend herself.