tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5638402958079714573.post5138267325922981608..comments2011-04-19T16:06:39.581-05:00Comments on Humanism and Human Rights: Is the right to healthcare as silly as the right to ice cream?Doctor Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189506916480012553noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5638402958079714573.post-20237008297094782512011-04-19T00:57:53.751-05:002011-04-19T00:57:53.751-05:00Well, I think O'Neil probably took a statement...Well, I think O'Neil probably took a statement with some fathomable truth in certain situations and ran way too far. Certainly, I sometimes wonder about the cost/benefit analysis of certain college social awareness programs, but everything can't be a gem. <br />Anyway, my take on his degrees statement? Perhaps it is a difference of degrees. But the difference between 212 degrees and 32 degrees is steam to solid. Degrees does nothing to discount potentially vast differences. As to his shoe and so forth comment, he has a little ground since we are always trying to ground our human rights discourse. However, many of the rights outlined in the UDHR are rights relative to your nation. This relationship keeps them flexible and open towards renewed meaning through evolution of standards. I think he could've gotten away with his first comment without looking ridiculous if he hadn't decided to challenge the concept of rights in general afterward.Ryleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12260644601555206046noreply@blogger.com