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Old 08-30-2005, 10:36 AM
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What are rights? Are rights, generically, different from civil rights? How do we justify rights, if indeed they exist?

Does there have to be a Supreme Being to justify rights, or can they be justified by our nature as thinking beings?
You need to be more specific. Rights in the generic sense would be all encompassing. Civil rights, religious rights, natural rights, et al. would all fall under "generic" rights.
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