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Old February 2nd 18, 11:46 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Chris L Peterson
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On Fri, 02 Feb 2018 19:56:58 +0100, Paul Schlyter
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On Fri, 02 Feb 2018 07:56:47 -0700, Chris L Peterson
wrote:
On Fri, 02 Feb 2018 09:31:25 +0100, Paul Schlyter
wrote:


So your rights are merely a concept in theoretical philosophy,

with
no implementation in the real world?


There is no suggestion within moral philosophy that rights are

merely
"theoretical". The question is one of what they are (the definition
problem) and where they come from (the origin problem).


Has the definition problem been solved? Or do philosophers still
don't know what rights are?


These things are not strictly solvable, because rights are not matters
of fact. They depend upon definitions, and because those are always
value based, there will never be agreement.