RE: To answer the questions ummmm asked below so he knows
Posted on: February 11, 2019 at 11:32:46 CT
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1. All moral based arguments are flawed. So asking what moral bases there is for anything is a waste of time.
This is flatly untrue. Morality starts as an individual issue which involves whether an individual sees a particular action as right or wrong. Given this subjective beginning point, flaws aren't really at play with each individual person. However, when discussing your own individual moral code, other people may suggest that your moral code is flawed in certain respects. The detractors will present arguments as to why that person's moral code is flawed, and why an alternative moral code is sound. Usually these arguments are made with logical deduction (and more appropriately, with self-evident axioms).
So, not all moral arguments are flawed. Some are, some are not. Regardless, there is great benefit in having these types of discussions (i.e. not a waste of time), because these conversations push subjective moral codes closer and closer to an objective morality.
2. Yes because what some person will work for and what someone is willing to pay for work is random
Utterly untrue. Random is a very misunderstood word. It means that something is done without a method or a conscious decision.
Obviously, what some person will work for is a conscious decision, as is what someone is willing to offer to pay for work. These numbers aren't handed down from God. They're negotiated directly by people, and guided by market forces.
5. Yes, if the people granting rights say we have it.
Rights aren't granted by people. They exist in nature. You should TB search the article posted by TigerMatt which discusses the difference between positive "rights" and actually existing negative and natural rights.
7. because people experience economic freedom differently so we prize the freedoms all have equally
People don't experience speech differently? Religion differently? Gun ownership differently? This is a really bizarre argument, and I'm not sure you thought it all the way through.
Edited by ummmm at 11:38:50 on 02/11/19