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Date: | Sun, 25 Jul 1999 23:12:36 -0400 |
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Martin:
This is a very good answer.
It is clear and easy to understand.
Other than the word "instantiated" (I don't know the meaning of it), I
accpet/adopt your position.
F. Leon
On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Martin William Smith wrote:
> > 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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