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Quote by: Cephus  Then you have nothing to support it, just like they do. :)
Again, you're just making a claim, you're not able to support it with anything. All you can do is assert something, but assertions without objective evidence is nothing more than your opinion. |
Fine. If that's the way you feel, that's up to you. I don't believe that "rights" are something metaphysical that can be supported to the utmost level. Everything is based on axioms that are held as true without proof. Without such axioms beliefs quickly devolve into existentialism and nihilism which are worthless as philisophical tools to guide one's life.
One axiom I hold is that I exist. I can't prove I exist, even Descartes "I think therefore I am" doesn't work as an absolute. But, the alternative belief, to hold that I don't exist, is worthless and adds no value.
Another axiom is that the world around me exists. Again, I can't prove that beyond my own sensory experiences. But, the alternative is as worthless as a belief that I don't exist.
A third axiom is that those that I interact with exist. Same point as above applies here.
From those axioms there is a lot of useful philosophy that can be derived. Once one accepts existence, the basics of Objectivism become, to me anyway, the most internally consistent philosophy available. I have yet to hear an argument against such that I accept that doesn't rely on denying existence.
Keith