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  • Re: The social contract.

    [quote user="Brainpolice"]No it does not. [/quote] No it does, or rather as I have written it may : "...Being of some nation etc. may imply certain duties, rights and norms as well..." [quote user="Brainpolice"]It only does if we assume a false premise, I.E. legitimacy....
    Posted to Political Theory by Torsten on Sat, May 31 2008
  • Re: The social contract.

    Perhaps one should first make sure we have consensus on what is used by social contract theory.[quote user="twistedbydsign99"] So I'm wondering what the best argument you guys feel, against the social contract theory, is? I suppose its just that entering into a contract without having to...
    Posted to Political Theory by Torsten on Tue, May 27 2008
  • Re: How Are Contractual Rights Enforced in Anarchism?

    [quote user="libertarian"]There are no "rights" under anarchy[/quote] ... Rights are a mental construct, even without anarchy. [quote user="libertarian"]They do whatever the subscriber wants them to do. Individuals would ultimately collaborate together and come up with peaceful...
    Posted to Economics Questions by Torsten on Wed, Jan 9 2008
  • Re: A question for anarchists

    Some good points you are making here. [quote user="Grant"]If human rights do not come from nature , god, or some part of the environment and universe in general, it seems to me that they must come from other humans . Saying that rights come from man's nature qua man is nice, but it doesn't...
    Posted to Political Theory by Torsten on Sat, Nov 17 2007
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