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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Solon who wrote (79346)12/1/2003 8:38:15 PM
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"Rights" require an entity to possess them and to have the capacity for gain or loss."

I agree that rights are possessed by the entity as a matter of its state of being, according to how it was inherently created. I, however, disagree that gain or loss is endemically involved.

"Don't confuse moral (right) action with the possession of intrinsic natural entitlement. "

They are in fact directly connected.
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