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To: r9etb
then the evolution of predators (including humans who prey on other humans) must cause us to conclude that might makes right.

False. It would require that self-defense be forbidden in some absolute sense. Since that is not the case, since even the weak still have the prerogative to attempt self-defense, that would be inconsistent with a view that "might makes right."

Self-defense is universal, every creature can apply it without contradicting another's. "Might makes right" is asymmetrical -- it immediately contradicts another's assertion of same, as well as their self-defensive right.

403 posted on 05/21/2002 9:32:15 AM PDT by jlogajan
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To: jlogajan
Self-defense is universal, every creature can apply it without contradicting another's. "Might makes right" is asymmetrical -- it immediately contradicts another's assertion of same, as well as their self-defensive right.

What this says is that we must in some sense consider the evolution of predators to be an embodiment of evil.

411 posted on 05/21/2002 9:44:25 AM PDT by r9etb
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