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If the question you wanted me to answer was about the scarfs, though I do think I answered indirectly (by denying that any objection to it has to be on the grounds of human rights), I would of course object. And would use whatever privileges I had to change the law. If we could do protests, I would participate etc.

But I will not think that those in power are wrong because of 'human rights violation' or will take action because of that abstract notion (in all honestly I doubt anyone does, to quote Schmitt "Whoever invokes humanity wants to cheat"). I would likely think of it as something evil, that is not fit for my dignity and because it'd be forced without clear reason, I'd see it as an attack, on me, on my family and on my culture as a whole.

> How does anyone "discover" moral principles?

Surely someone must discover or at least be able to create new ones, as with the passage of time the number of (human rights grow)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_generations_of_human_rig...].

I'm not quite sure how you'd actually discover new principles, rather, one would apply old principles to new situations.

Thus Christianity sees porn as evil, partly due to theology and partly because of Jesus statements on adultery (committing adultery in ones heart etc) - the morality didn't change per se (no new principles were introduced), but was further developed.




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