Wednesday, 31 July 2013

On Rights

In thinking, about whether the only right is the right to violence since it is the only one found in nature and hence 'natural,' a couple of counter theses spring up naturally. For humans and their conscious endeavours that bring about culture rights are nothing but an extension of nature itself. Secondly, phenomena of the mind - both logic and justice are prerequisite to any consideration of right. Because the rights need sense, while use of violence has in it no sense. Violent acquisition and enforcement by coercion are polar opposites to solving conflicts by reason that underlies, arbitration, trials, moderation and persuasion. Whereas a right to abstain from an attack against a person exists even among animals and any human hierarchical society, even though this social formation is often enforced by violence does not provide a nonviolent society.
If one was to analyse any need to justify this right to violence one would need to recourse to reason and having done so would need to resort to use other rights hence the right to violence cannot be a sole right.

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