Do you think humans should not have the right to life?Originally Posted by Craterus
Well, I'm glad the wise men of the UN figured that all out for us. Phew.
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Do you think humans should not have the right to life?Well, I'm glad the wise men of the UN figured that all out for us. Phew.
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No, it is a privilege that can be lost.
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Why should we/they? I don't have a coherent answer, just thought I'd take the thread in a different direction.
It doesn't really follow that simply being born grants you such rights.
And it is also only humans that are granted a right to life, why only our species and no others?
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Because there are two different forms of life:
1. Humans.
2. Food.
Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
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Weren't you earlier denying the humanity of foetuses but it is somewhat harder to deny their status as living things, thus they are food? I think there's something a bit more objectionable about eating the things than just aborting them.
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Plants are living things. Fetuses are living things too.
And I like to mow my lawn.
Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
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Ok. So? It's not simply being alive that gives you a right to life then, is it?
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Nope. Being human does.
Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
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A better question is why shouldn't humans in general (to answer rory's statement) have the right to live? Why does one innocent human have more of a right to live than another?
Why not? You were born, and you don't have the right to live if you wish to? Sounds like how Hitler thought about the Jews to me.It doesn't really follow that simply being born grants you such rights.
We were intelligent and strong enough to assert our dominance. Besides, scientifically, humans are omnivores. Therefore, animals are viewed in the same way plants are - as resources, as food. Of course, taboos exist.And it is also only humans that are granted a right to life, why only our species and no others?
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No, it doesn't. I'm not removing a single group's right to an existence. Everyone can die.
I'm not saying I, or anyone else, should have the right to kill on a whim, but I don't think anyone has an inherent right to be alive. After all, what has anyone done to earn that right?
I don't think that should give us more rights to life, or a life without pain, than another species but I imagine most would disagree.We were intelligent and strong enough to assert our dominance. Besides, scientifically, humans are omnivores. Therefore, animals are viewed in the same way plants are - as resources, as food. Of course, taboos exist.
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Godwin's law!
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There should be some kind of Godwins law about godwins law... the longer the conversation continues the more chance of it being invoked....
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Then the person who invokes Godwin's Law first automatically loses the argument.
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Let's just call it Godwin's 2nd law.
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