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Old 08-04-2008, 10:20 AM   #34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by BonnieDundee View Post
There is no proof for these rights, they are nothing more than an assertion and of a very dubious character. Where do these rights come from? What do they look like? Why do they seem to be habitually broken? How are they applied?

This is far from the first time I've had this discussion and I've never had a decent answer. In the end rights are little more than social contructs.
I own myself. I see absolutely no reason to doubt this.

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Decentralism is a fluid and pragmiatic idea. It does not presmue to derive an exact formula for the state from a few dubious axioms as much natural rights property theory does.
Just as well I don't base my political philosophy on that then.
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