On 29 Oct 2013, at 19:53, meekerdb wrote:
On 10/29/2013 9:27 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
Depressingly, until the
middle of the XX century there was no general consensus that all
human
beings are people with equal rights.
That's a very recent idea, indeed.
It's so recent that it's well into the future. There are large
parts of the Earth where equal rights for women do not exist
and are considered wrong and even wicked.
Sure. Women have not yet the right salary, in most "developed"
countries.
And of course children do not have full rights anywhere and I don't
expect that to change.
The case of children is complex. They are person/people, but they are
not responsible (at least in early times), and it is hard to conceive
of right beyond the duties we might have toward them (given water and
food, and heat, and education, and respect).
It is very complex, because children are in between two possible
"hells": The parents, and the state. It is hard how to protect them
from both, together. Surely a good education system can help, but that
can be easily perverted by a state, or by private institutions.
Bruno
Brent
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