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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by branchan on Thursday April 28, 2016 @05:27PM (#11592027)
How would immortality be a human right when most people around the world don't even have access to basic health services??
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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by iliis on Thursday April 28, 2016 @05:34PM (#11592075)
Because having a right to something and actually getting said thing are sadly two quite different things.
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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by x3n0ph3n3 on Thursday April 28, 2016 @05:35PM (#11592083)
He doesn't understand the difference between a "right" and something that would be really nice if everyone had.
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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by eli_gottlieb on Saturday April 30, 2016 @02:44PM (#11602963)
Most ethical theories of "rights" are sufficiently incoherent that there's very little difference.
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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout by sliverstorm on Thursday April 28, 2016 @07:04PM (#11592518)
Right; this is more like when the UN declared internet access a basic human right.
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