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Re: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?
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Mon, 2 Jul 2001 15:22:16 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:

I think we should
look at our morals deeper first:

To what end?  Your implication seems to be simply that there are bad people.
But we all know that.  The discussion of what a 'right' actually is, has
nothing to do (in my mind, at least) with whether or not certain people respect
rights, or even what things we would like to call rights.

Or did I miss the boat?

Chris



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