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0 pointsbaddox8y ago0 comments

You're explicitly making a semantic argument. When people say "water is a human right" or "Internet is a human right," all they mean is that governments should use public funds to improve (or guarantee) access to those things.

Of course you're correct about the way the word "right" is generally used in philosophy and ethics. But that's absolutely not the definition being used here.

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throwaway02558y ago

It's exactly a matter of semantics. Condemning people for saying water isn't a human right is also a matter of semantics.

The Nestle CEO was using the correct definition of "human right". Now people are going to attribute their inaccurate definition of the term to his statements, and condemn him for it (like the parent comment did).

It's all semantics.

Now how about we start using the word correctly so we can avoid this? Or how about the liberals condemning him try being intellectually honest for once, and stop deliberately and knowingly misinterpreting what he said just because it's convenient for the argument they're trying to make?

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