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Why Do We Need Human Rights? (31): Or Maybe We Don’t? – Exploring the “Dark Side” of Human Rights

(source) Do human rights have a “dark side“? There are some specific complaints about the nefarious or even evil consequences of certain particular human rights, and there are complaints about the harmful consequences of human rights in general. The former … Continue reading

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Annals of Heartlessness (12): The Right to Masturbate

(source) While you might think of masturbation as a sort of last refuge for the incarcerated — a truly inalienable freedom, given the happy proximity of the sex organs — that is not the case. In fact, a number of … Continue reading

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What Are Human Rights? (35): Freedom of Expression is Freedom of What Exactly?

Another way to frame the question in the title of this post is: what falls under the header of “expression”, and what not? Only if something is justifiably called expression can it enjoy the protection of the right to free … Continue reading

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Types of Human Rights Violations (5): Human Rights Eating Themselves – The Case of Silencing

(source) Some human rights make themselves impossible some of the time. Take the right to free speech: some forms of the exercise of this right make it difficult if not impossible for others to exercise their version of the right. … Continue reading

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Human Rights Nonsense (29): The Link Between Porn and Terrorism

(source) Pornography is not a necessary cause of terrorism. The abolition of pornography would not lead to the cessation of terrorism in the world. Terrorism existed well before graphic pornography and its mass spread via the internet. Likewise, pornography is … Continue reading

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