Thursday, 3 September 2020

The Metaphysical Fiction of Natural Rights

The concept of natural rights is a metaphysical fiction invented by two kinds of philosophers: the high level philosophers who are competent but mystical, and the low level philosophers who are utopian but puerile. Man’s rights are not natural—they are hard-won. The politicians, farmers, businessmen, workers, political activists, and some intellectuals have won rights for humanity by fighting numerous political battles in the last three thousand years. Political action has a far greater role to play in the creation of rights than the philosophizing of the intellectuals.

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