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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Eclipse: [QB] Sorry, sorry, sorry. I should have said that the dual use of the word "right" (or Graeco-Latin equivalent) as both adjectival and nounal is from Roman times. The concept of entitlements does go back a tad further, you're right. I think we've hit very quickly on what is known as "The Fact-Value Problem." Yes, it's a fact that most life-forms have a self-preservation instinct. There's no logical way to get from that to "all life is precious and should be preserved." As it happened, the "value" of the lives of the citizens of Hiroshima (~ 300k) came below that of the several million projected casualties of a mainland invasion. The Japanese self-defence instinct was almost certainly still there, but what happened to the "right to life"? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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