Who among the following dismissed the idea of natural rights as 'rhetorical nonsense'?
Jeremy Bentham denounced natural rights as 'rhetorical nonsense' and 'nonsense upon stilts' in his critique of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the…
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Who among the following dismissed the idea of natural rights as 'rhetorical nonsense'?
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Jeremy Bentham denounced natural rights as 'rhetorical nonsense' and 'nonsense upon stilts' in his critique of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, arguing that real rights can only be created by positive law.
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