tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post3321556749814852640..comments2024-03-23T07:33:30.972+00:00Comments on Quodlibeta: A Universal Declaration?Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594220073836613367noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-25165714308889317112010-10-21T11:21:07.724+01:002010-10-21T11:21:07.724+01:00Andrew Brown has written a nice satire on the subj...Andrew Brown has written a nice satire on the subject:<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2010/oct/20/human-rights-exist<br /><br />Of course it has been widely misinterpreted, so he had to elaborate in the comments to set things straight:<br /><br /><i>"<b>ThomasY:</b><br /><br />'The point Andrew seems to be making is that it is "progressive, human-rights friendly" regimes that tend to make things worse rather than better. Regarding human rights, they are a manmade thing, often used to promote a social or political agenda.'<br /><br />No. The point I was making was that demanding <b>ev</b>-<b>id</b>-<b>ence</b> for the things that people have faith in ends up proving that everything valuable is an illusion."</i>Ignorancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08840540848601019925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-60701582845838289332010-10-13T07:02:19.985+01:002010-10-13T07:02:19.985+01:00May I ask, who wrote this article? Because it soun...May I ask, who wrote this article? Because it sounds A LOT like a lecture by Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff available for free over at http://www.veritas.org/Media.aspx#/v/212. Some of your phrasing is even identical, with terms like "the atomistic individualism of the enlightenment". Hardly coincidental....Jason Launoreply@blogger.com