Side topic, do you actually believe in the existence of objective, inherent human rights that exist independently of all human constructions?
e.g. if humans were all collectively incapable of understanding or expressing the concept of having rights would they still possess them?
Supposing that the Constitution is only securing rights, not granting them of course doesn't necessitate this, as they could easily be argued to arise from other human constructions but that seems to be a common way in which the rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution are defended. But the logical foundation of that positions always seem to fall apart once you pursue it far enough in my experience.
I don't want to go too far off the rails here, but I'm thinking about writing something about it and I thought it would be good to put a few feelers out for how people stand, who I think are probably are on the other side of the fence on this issue.
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e.g. if humans were all collectively incapable of understanding or expressing the concept of having rights would they still possess them?
Supposing that the Constitution is only securing rights, not granting them of course doesn't necessitate this, as they could easily be argued to arise from other human constructions but that seems to be a common way in which the rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution are defended. But the logical foundation of that positions always seem to fall apart once you pursue it far enough in my experience.
I don't want to go too far off the rails here, but I'm thinking about writing something about it and I thought it would be good to put a few feelers out for how people stand, who I think are probably are on the other side of the fence on this issue.