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Old February 3rd 18, 06:59 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Paul Schlyter[_3_]
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On Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:46:31 -0700, Chris L Peterson
wrote:
On Fri, 02 Feb 2018 19:56:58 +0100, Paul Schlyter
wrote:


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.


Which means that the WWII Nazis had the right to do the Holocaust:
their value system said so, and they even had laws supporting that
right.