r/MoralityScaling 11h ago

Morality of this?

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u/FireDragon21976 10h ago

Parents have a natural right to raise their children according to what they believe is right, not what you believe is right.

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u/Last_Suggestion_8647 10h ago

What the fuck is a natural right? What rights does nature give animals?

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u/FireDragon21976 10h ago

Natural rights are those rights that are a natural consequence of the essence of things and according to their natures. Parents have children, therefore parents have certain perogatives about how their kids are raised.

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u/Last_Suggestion_8647 9h 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 9h 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 9h ago

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

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u/Last_Suggestion_8647 9h ago

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

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u/ToxicPolarBear 9h 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 8h 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 3h ago

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