Do people believe in human rights because such rights actually exist, like mathematical truths [...] ? Or do people feel revulsion and sympathy when they read accounts of torture, and then invent a story about universal rights to help justify their feelings? #JonathanHaidt

- October 19, 2025

Do people believe in human rights because such rights actually exist, like mathematical truths [...] ? Or do people feel revulsion and sympathy when they read accounts of torture, and then invent a story about universal rights to help justify their feelings? #JonathanHaidt
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Do people believe in human rights because such rights actually exist, like mathematical truths [...] ? Or do people feel revulsion and sympathy when they read accounts of torture, and then invent a story about universal rights to help justify their feelings? #JonathanHaidt

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