Introducing the Concept of Rights (Part 1) – TBWJP010

Defining Rights

What is “rights”? This is a fundamental question, which various thinkers and philosophers alike have asked their selves, but very few have been able to answer. Certainly, humanity has a good understanding about the notion itself. Here, let us examine the term a bit deeper.

A World of Problems

The world we live today is plagued with all sorts of problems. Granted, many of the issues we face as a species are unavoidable. They are a part of being in this world.

Others problems, however, are often the results of our misunderstandings about the world itself. Sometimes, they emanated from our incapacity to grasp the nature of our nature. Other times, we simply failed to grasp the reason we are in this world; we failed to find our place in the world.

One of such misunderstandings, I would argue, is based on our grasping (or the lack thereof) of the term “rights.” Since we are subjective beings, we are almost incapable of viewing the world outside the realm of our limited range of perception.  We often confound who we are in the world and who we need to be in it.

A New Podcast Series

In these series of Podcasts, I examine the term “rights.” I explore the issues that often arise because of our misunderstandings about the concept itself. I examine the degree to which the world could be a better a place if we were to become cognizant of our place in it.

We, as a species, must concretize that every person has rights. We must also reconcile the idea that every living entity on the face of the planet has rights. But such a state of being, I would argue, could only be achieved by understanding the reason we are in the world.

In any case, we must first understand the nature of our Beingness. We must understand the reason we are and the reason others must be. In principle, this is what a right is or this is what it could be.

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