(Originally written May 12, 2006 in Book 1)
Rights
Understanding rights is vital to any ethical system. If we have no rights then what do we act on? Instinct? If we act on instinct then life would be much less complex. We do not act on instinct though, thus, existence is much more complex.
What are rights?
-ability to act on something without impediment.
Actions are the manifestations of rights. i.e. If we have the right to live, then by living we are manifesting that right.
Who has rights?
If one is to claim that a single human being has a fundamental right, then all humans must have that fundamental right. If then one were to claim that a single human has a right to wage a war or tax another human being, do all humans have that right? No, there are types of rights.
If humans all have certain rights, what happens if those rights infringe upon each others?
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