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Re:Facebook Moderators Speak Out About Poor Working Conditio... by matz1 on Saturday January 30, 2021 @10:36AM (#25969879)
There is no such thing as inherent right, every right must be earned or fight for.
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Re:Facebook Moderators Speak Out About Poor Working Conditio... by ben_w on Saturday January 30, 2021 @11:39AM (#25970480)
Is/ought.

Rights are oughts, not ises, IMO. (Oughts which I believe in, but still oughts).

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Re:Facebook Moderators Speak Out About Poor Working Conditio... by s1artibartfast on Saturday January 30, 2021 @11:52AM (#25970611)
I agree, but this is a matter of semantics. There is nothing in the physical universe that supports morality.

Rights are components of a moral framework, inherently philosophical - unless you believe in a god. When someone says something IS a right, they are really saying "This is a fundamental assumption in the moral framework I believe to describe a just world"

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