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I don't think there's any real "right" which all humans have. Personally, I feel that a "right" is just a fancy word for "what you're allowed to do without being prosecuted." Furthermore, I think "rights", in the context of those given to us by our government, are also mailable and pertinent to contemporary society. Today it may not be my right to smoke pot (for example), but maybe in 50 years time, it will be. So what? Then we will have the "right", but if it is indeed a "right", then why not now? Why did we have to wait so long to give blacks the right to vote and integrate into society? Did we have to give them the "right"? Well, if a "right" has to be given, then that isn't a "right", is it?
With that said, I share the same views as filtherton.
For me, there is only one true universal right, which I think we can all agree on: You can do whatever you want, so long as you don't hurt anyone physically, mentally, or financially. That's it. All other "right" branch off from this true one. Or, at least they should; today they really aren't, which I think is sad. That's also why I think the word "right" gets thrown around for every little thing.
But, then again, that's just my personal philosophy, so I think filtherton hit the nail on the head.
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