Yes. When a person believes they will not be held accountable, they can become monstrous.
Every philosophy that goes against reality eventually pushes to absurdity.
Absurdity eventually becomes evil.
One might say that evil is absurd. The ultimate absurdity.
,,, that's where I stopped reading this.
“rumored advisor to Klaus Schwab” Rumored? Nothing further this idiot writer says deserves any attention.
I think so. Maybe exception on the case of the followers of Marcus Aurelius.
Human rights have their origin in pre-Christian natural rights and natural law as developed in Greek and Roman philosophy.
Human rights also are present with some variations in other religions, such as Hinduism, and in various schools of philosophy.
Human rights do not depend on monotheism.
At that TWT link the guy continues by saying “states and countries are just stories. A mountain is real. You can touch it. But a country is just a story.”
paraphrasing because it is not worth my time to get his exact quote right. The guy is just another leftist schmuck with a useless opinion.
This is an evil demon masquerading as a human. It is no coincidence that the most prosperous societies recognize important human rights. When people become just animals the result is always bad for the supposed elites as well as the people. What we have here are evil men who have risen to the top and now seek justification to carry out their evil ends. It will turn out badly for them too.
We need to give this guy to Hamas. Then we will see what he thinks about his rights or lack thereof.
C.S. Lewis covered this bullcrap in The Abolition of Man: this guy's skepticism isolely for use on other people's values and morLity.
Harari’s primary purpose is to sell books.
His secondary purpose, along with homosexuality and veganism, is to deny God in mankind’s development, which would otherwise deny homosexuality and veganism, as well as his other beloved leftist shibboleths.
“Is Nihilism the Logical End of Atheism?”
yes
Well, most certainly, in a few short years, he will not have rights. As he will be compost. Wonder why he bothers philosophizing about anything.
His relationships with his country and with the university that employs him should be re-evaluated.