Will we ever see this in reality? No. But, the closer humans have gotten in history the better off they've been.
Will we ever see this in reality? No. But, the closer humans have gotten in history the better off they've been.
I'm having trouble figuring out how this doesn't still boil down to people making judgement calls on what is and isn't a right, just with a level of indirection, so maybe this other question will help me see what you mean:
> Will we ever see this in reality? No. But, the closer humans have gotten in history the better off they've been.
Do you have an example in mind of when and where we've come especially close to this ideal?
It seems like a standard is just a reason for choosing a given set of things to call rights and a given role for government, and we're all set to circle right back to where we were—the people with the power to affect government choosing those things, based on reasons (which was implicitly the case before, anyway). At some point there must be compelling evidence for selecting a given standard over any other, and one would hope that standard may change in the face of new evidence.
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Is that not the poster child for extensive government intervention in markets and public/private partnership done right?
The purpose of government is to protect our rights.
It sounds like you also think "you logically have a right to the services of someone else", otherwise who's doing the protection?