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DK, thanks for the outline. I'll need some time to digest that. (This is a learning experience, as a Canadian here.)
But one more thing: If rights are absolute, does this mean they cannot be taken away for any reason? What do you say about the inalienable rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"? Should everyone do away with the death penalty, for example? (I won't even get into liberty....)
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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