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by zaat 758 days ago
> And no, you are wrong - your right not be attacked is based on morality, you say "attacking someone is wrong"

You are mixing morality with justice, which (in the modern world) is based on rights. "Attacking someone is wrong" is a moral statement, it puts the focus and the obligation of individuals to keep moral behavior. My right not to be attacked is not based on moral and not dependent on the morality or the beliefs of any other people, it is based on justice, a social contract that declare a set of a societal or universal rights granted to every individual.

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And this societal rights are based on a shared understanding of what is moral and amoral, often dictated by works of religion or historically stemming from such.