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How do philosophers distinguish between rights that beg legislation vs. those that not?
I have over the years seen podcasts or iTunes lectures from Michael Sandel's justice lectures at Harvard. He asks many profound questions. The problem I have is that most of them seem to be based ...
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Are there two fundamental views of rights?
I once saw a cartoon / infographic that attempted to explain the differences between liberals and conservatives. It had plenty of details that were subjective questions or might be said to be due to ...
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Can one ask for more than they deserve?
I would appreciate if answers can cite the individuals or religious-paradigm that derive the answer.
The concept of being 'deserving' suggested an availability, if not a right, to something. ...
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Violation of everyday rights or “whose right to what did I violate today?”
The idea of rights seems to be strongly, if not inextricably, connected to the idea of duties. As far as I remember in philosophy of law this is referred to as "reciprocity". If I must do something, ...
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Should uncontacted peoples have a right to privacy?
I've been reading some of the wikis about the uncontacted peoples of the world and the often repeated attempts to establish contact with a a number of them even after being rebuffed (sometimes ...
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Why should almost extinct animals be protected from going extinct?
The feeling that it's "sad" if a species dies out seems to be coming from an aesthetic point of view how the world should be. But is there a rationality behind it?
The only rational reason I was ...
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Do animals deserve rights? [closed]
I've been thinking about this lately and I cannot come to a consistent conclusion.
Do animals deserve any rights? If so which rights and to which animals?
For example: testing medicine on chimps
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