This is why we must not abandon the ideal of individual rights for group- or identity-based rights. Do Muslim rights trump women’s rights for Muslim women? Or gay men? Are the rights of people based on their race to supersede the rights of religious minorities, or vice versa? It’s all pernicious. Each citizen must have equal rights under…
This is why we must not abandon the ideal of individual rights for group- or identity-based rights. Do Muslim rights trump women’s rights for Muslim women? Or gay men? Are the rights of people based on their race to supersede the rights of religious minorities, or vice versa? It’s all pernicious. Each citizen must have equal rights under the law *as an individual* regardless of what culture or family or body they happen to be born into.
This is why we must not abandon the ideal of individual rights for group- or identity-based rights. Do Muslim rights trump women’s rights for Muslim women? Or gay men? Are the rights of people based on their race to supersede the rights of religious minorities, or vice versa? It’s all pernicious. Each citizen must have equal rights under the law *as an individual* regardless of what culture or family or body they happen to be born into.