MY OPINION ISN'T (A) RIGHT

"Right to Your Opinion" Socratic Seminar Notes

• Though you may have an opinion, it is never valid to the argument
• You don't have the right to your opinion because what matters in an argument are facts
• Anytime someone tries to argue with you by using opinions, just be like:

• Other rights such as your rights to life is very debated
• people have a right not to kill others, but does that mean that they also have to make sure you are healthy, well-nourished, safe, ect.?
• if someone starts to cross the street while a car is speeding down the road at them, is it your duty to save them? 
• I believe yes in the moral sense but perhaps in this discussion over rights, no
• You would not only put yourself at risk, you would be "intruding" on their opinion that it is a safe time to cross the street
• Then again, the facts matter, not the opinions, therefore, you should save them
• BUT
• it is not your duty to do so
• Question: If someone starts to cross the street while a car is speeding down the road at them, should you save them or watch them get splattered all over the road?
• Answer: Yes
• Matters concerning the right to health are very similar 
• If someone enjoys injecting themselves with heroin, why shouldn't he/she be allowed to do so?
• The argument here is "It's my body I can do what I want with it."
• The law says no though, and society wants some freedom
• These kinds of things intrigue me because I think that you should be able to do whatever you want with your body because nobody makes the choices other than you, and you aren't affecting others by doing it
• Furthermore, you have to pay the consequences of your choices, no one else does