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What does it mean?
If rights are based on choice rather than foundation, life lacks meaning.
In plain terms
Rights from choice make life meaningless.
What can you take from it?
Ground rights in a stable foundation.

Where it applies

  • legal arguments
  • philosophical discourse
  • civic debate

Putting it to work

  • question foundations
  • defend stable rights

Questions to consider

  • What makes life meaningful?
  • Can rights be arbitrary?

Another view

Many find meaning even in socially constructed rights.

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