But I would argue rights only exist if someone recognizes them- so a right, without a society to recognize it, would not exist. And I would also argue that a right is totally independent of what anyone else thinks is false. Society can grant any rights it wants no matter how false someone like you thinks they are. And the fact that society recognizes the right, makes it exist- even if you don't want it to.
I believe I am someone, and I don't believe that society is. Therefore, I will determine in the realm of ideas (where I live) what rights are. Society can do what it wants. I will obey it or disobey according to what I conceive my self interest to be. If my society decides that I have a right to do medical experiments on people that will kill them, then what? If my society says that all people of a certain color have no right to independent economic status, then what? Once again, I am not equating right wit either power, or with legal prerogative. There are lega; rights which society referees for its members. I am talking about metaphysical ideas of right, which society may or may not recognise, but which I and others do.
I would like to have my right to exist recognized by society, but I have no guarantee that an entity so reliant upon noise rather than meaning will do so--or will continue to do so to the degree in which it does. Something came up I gotta run..ill finish later |
