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Old 04-17-2010, 09:03 AM
 
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Stupid to libs and progs but very true to the rest of us who don't see things the same as THEY do.
It's true that if you break your leg in the wilderness, you can sue the government?
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Old 04-17-2010, 09:17 AM
 
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The only difference you've shown is one of semantics.
How so?
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Old 04-17-2010, 09:23 AM
 
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How so?
"Right" and "moral duty" amount to the same thing. Indeed, if you choose to say "moral duty," you're basically saying "God given right."
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Old 04-17-2010, 09:37 AM
 
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No. A "moral duty" is something that one should do voluntarily for someone else out of a sense of what is right and wrong. A "right" (more correctly, an "entitlement") is something that others demand that someone else do for them, whether they want to do it or not.
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Old 04-17-2010, 11:51 AM
 
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A right is something you can do, without anyone else's involvement.

Moral duty is a voluntary action. Being forced to do it, is anything but moral.
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