From 02cd51d4aafd213e65e861460197d41d869b2405 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wellspringcp <69349872+wellspringcp@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2020 18:01:16 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 01-principles-apologia.md --- 01-principles/01-principles-apologia.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/01-principles/01-principles-apologia.md b/01-principles/01-principles-apologia.md index d4afe2d..7893e3a 100644 --- a/01-principles/01-principles-apologia.md +++ b/01-principles/01-principles-apologia.md @@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ The "God-given rights" foundation cannot serve as a common framework for asserti #### The "Equality" tradition: +Let's assume the would-be victim is a wheelchair-bound cripple from birth with a mental disorder that makes his cognitive abilities less sharp than the average individual. + +To convince the audience, he might say, "You can't violate my rights because we all have the same rights, owing to the fact that we are all equal". His assailant need factly point out that as a matter of fact he and the would-be victim are not in fact, equal, and the would-be victim loses the argument. + The "Equality" foundation cannot serve as a common framework for asserting rights among large numbers of people who have wildly divergent world views. ### A better way - a New Ideal to serve as the foundation for rights: