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Re: Do we generall have a right to push our morality and/or our belief system on othe
You are free to reject whatever you want. However, this jump in logic is more based on a preconceived notion than it is anything I have said. I said that rights are not necessarily moral devices. That one can understand them by considering the individual in the free state. The free state is one in which the individual is free from outside force, such as coercive forces. You consider the base. This is not saying that somehow the "free state" as it is known in its philosophical terms is something being pushed to actually achieve and implement. But rather to understand natural rights, one must consider the natural state; the free state. It's a thought exercise.
I am still confused... do you mean coercive forces? can you give an example?
Every human event and decision is causally caused by previous events or external forces, depending on your definition of "external forces," therefore I reject (on terms of my own definition) the idea of a "free state" where humans are free of "external forces."
You are free to reject whatever you want. However, this jump in logic is more based on a preconceived notion than it is anything I have said. I said that rights are not necessarily moral devices. That one can understand them by considering the individual in the free state. The free state is one in which the individual is free from outside force, such as coercive forces. You consider the base. This is not saying that somehow the "free state" as it is known in its philosophical terms is something being pushed to actually achieve and implement. But rather to understand natural rights, one must consider the natural state; the free state. It's a thought exercise.