contractualist OP t1_j76mnk2 wrote on February 4, 2023 at 2:06 PM

Reply to comment by Ibicnic in There Are No Natural Rights (without Natural Law): Addressing what rights are, how we create rights, and where rights come from by contractualist

This argument is discussed in the piece and rejected.

VitriolicViolet t1_j792w9c wrote on February 5, 2023 at 12:39 AM

poorly.

rights and morals are determined by popularity and force (pretty much all of history stands as evidence, you necessarily claim morals and rights are objective yet have not proven it at all)

contractualist OP t1_j7bj0tj wrote on February 5, 2023 at 3:56 PM

This is moral relativism that this substack addresses and refutes. Right and wrong mean something. And natural rights derive from this objective ethics.