COMMENTARY Words gone feral: rights and equality*

It is time we put the word “rights” to bed, at least in its present conceptualisation. It has ceased to have any serious moral, social or political meaning. As now used, it is merely to assert an individual’s or minority group’s demand to be privileged in some marginal proclivity above the rest of society.



It is wielded like an omnipotent dec­ree, the epitome of righteous principle, pure and unchallengeable but, in fact, it has become entirely u…

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