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Reply To: | The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky |
Date: | Sun, 25 Jul 1999 08:17:06 +0200 |
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> Why don't people have the right to kill?
There is no right to kill. Rights exist when beliefs are instantiated
in the laws of a state and enforced by that state. Sovereign states
are able to kill, when it suits them, and get away with it (usually)
because they can, not because they have a right to kill. That's just
the way it is. Likewise, if there were no states, some individuals
would kill when it suited them, because they can, not because they
have a right to. The absence of a state that prohibits murder doesn't
mean there exists a right to commit murder.
> Whose "moral" system are you referencing?
Pick one. Murder is illegal just about everywhere on the planet.
martin
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