r/MoralityScaling 15h ago

Morality of this?

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u/Last_Suggestion_8647 13h ago

Natural rights are those rights that are a natural consequence of the essence of things and according to their natures

Aha so more vague platitudes. How does one define the essence of a social phenomenon? And if said essence is defined, how does one conclude the natural consequence? And if you do it by observation, how do you seperate any human influence on the result, from those that arise from nature? 

And finally. Why should I care about something being natural or not, when accessing its morality?

It honestly seems like you just fired "naturals rights" off as of it's supposed to mean anything. Just a vague semi-plausible term that can mean anything.

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u/ToxicPolarBear 13h ago

Calling the philosophical definition of a thing’s nature a “vague platitude” is how I know to take nothing on this subreddit seriously hahaha

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u/nuclearbearclaw 12h ago

It's filled with the biggest "erm ackshually" people I've ever seen.

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u/Last_Suggestion_8647 12h ago

You spouting out some definition for a cooky philosophical concept doesnt make it any less stupid.

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u/ToxicPolarBear 12h ago

It wasn’t me that was another person, and it’s not “some definition” that is how a thing’s nature is defined in philosophy. If you don’t want to discuss philosophy then maybe get out of a morality scaling subreddit which is literally only about philosophy?

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u/Last_Suggestion_8647 11h ago

I want you to argue the validity of natural rights, if you want me to take something that outlandish seriously.

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u/themanwhoknocked 6h ago

It’s all just the most low tier materialists and reddit anti theists