NationStates Jolt Archive


Human rights - do they exist?

Paphlagonia
29-04-2004, 11:32
Here's the question:

"Do human rights exist in real terms (i.e. are they fundamentally part of what it is to be human)?

OR

Are human rights fabricated constructs, useful for helping achieve political/moral goals, but essentially non-existent?"

By the phrasing of the question, I think you can guess I prefer the latter.
Vitania
29-04-2004, 11:40
Haven't I seen this thread before? :?
Monkeypimp
29-04-2004, 11:43
Haven't I seen this thread before? :?

I have at least twice.
29-04-2004, 16:27
that depends on whether or not you prescribe to natural law theory or a positivist one