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To: AntiGuv
By us, or more precisely by human value-judgment, which is a product of human nature, which has been determined by human evolution.

In other words, man invented the descriptions and titles to 'human rights', and then entitled them himself .... as a consequence of the process of evolution. Have I got it?

243 posted on 02/05/2005 5:46:13 PM PST by gobucks (http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/classics/students/Ribeiro/laocoon.htm)
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To: gobucks
Have I got it?

For the most part, but it was directly a consequence of civilization, which is itself a consequence of our evolution. The descriptions and titles of human rights were as a point in fact invented during the course of recorded history, under a process that is extremely well documented at that, so it is hardly a mystery how they were developed.

It's worth noting that for the most part their current formulation differs significantly from that outlined by ancient religious texts.

247 posted on 02/05/2005 5:52:56 PM PST by AntiGuv (™)
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To: gobucks

To be sure, the whole concept of generic human rights didn't really exist in ancient times, but rudimentary aspects of certain basic features had emerged by that time.


249 posted on 02/05/2005 5:57:54 PM PST by AntiGuv (™)
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