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Politics : SI Member Vote 2004/SubjectMarks Only For Bush
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To: Rarebird who wrote (715)8/30/2004 7:48:26 PM
From: Joe NYC  Read Replies (1) of 812
 
Rarebird,

Health is a human right and thus a right of all humans...

...And this includes the human right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.

I thought health was a responsibility - as in responsibility to take care of one's health, awareness and management of risks. This, in order to avoid sickness, accidents and injuries.

How exactly does this become a "right"? What if I see you engaging in a risky activity, where you may be consciously endagering your health, which is accoding to you is a "right". Should I intervene? Wouldn't I be violating some other rights, such your liberty?

Now if an unfortunate thing happens and I see you somewhere bleeding (maybe you miscalculated the length of your bungie jumping rope), and I am the only one there to help. How do you imagine to exercise this right to highest attainable health? I can offer help voluntarily, for free or for a fee. You can't make me do anything.

It seems to me that you are missing something in this "rights" concept of yours. Something that you can obtain only by services of others cannot possibly be a right. And a responsibility for your own health is of course not a right.

Maybe you need to think this through some more.

Joe
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