The Rights of Beings

[ysabetwordsmith]

my_partner_doug pointed me to this qualification of beings with rights: "The rule is anyone who can understand what rights are and can both respect and demand them, has them."

I really like that rule.  I also note that its second point would disqualify quite a lot of humans.

Comments

[marina-bonomi.livejournal.com]

No thanks.

Such a 'rule' would exclude a whole lot of people: children, people with mental ilnesses and disabilities and so on and leaves the door open to exclude a lot more once someone decides that 'X' doesn't qualify for whatever reason.

Been there, done that. Never again.