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The content of the unfocused mind is bizarre. God alone knows what you mean by well-being and rights. Oh,wait, youre discussing the Garden Of Eden where all of mans desires are instantly granted. Sorry for doubting your good intentions.

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I apologize for not providing a comprehensive theory of well-being and rights in a substack comment in which I'm rehearsing someone else's core argument. :)

I suggest reading Sehon's book when it comes out. I'm sure you'll disagree with it, but it's very clear and tries to be charitable to the pro-capitalist side.

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> I apologize for not providing a comprehensive theory of well-being and rights

That is a rationalization for evading a brief definition. Ayn Rand calls it complexity-worship (to evade the mind's need of principles).

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Wellbeing: happiness

Rights: I like Michael Huemer's account, according to which "You have a right to something when other people are obligated to give you that thing (in the case of a positive right) or not to interfere with your having that thing (in the case of a negative right). This obligation is understood deontologically: people have to respect your rights even ifтАжbetter consequences [but how much better?] would follow in a particular case from violating your right.тАЭ

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Huemer has an intellectual habit of dropping context. See his "Defending Liberty" and the identification of his invalid method in the folllowing, "Egoism" by H. Binswanger, in _Foundations Of A Free Society_ by G. Salmieri. In your quote, he discusses obligation, right and deontology out of context. I'm assuming that you quoted in context. His missing context is life and mind. Huemer, a mainstream philosopher, is basically concerned with the content of the unfocused mind. Then, after selecting something from the unfocused mind, he associates it with concrete experience. Marx valued economic intuitions, Hitler had his "racial" intuitions, Jesus claimed "supernatural" intuitions, all basically different from the farmer who focuses his mind, plants a seed and plans for a harvest.

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