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Originally Posted by Heckler
Who gets to decide who's rights are pre-eminent when they are in conflict?
As a society we choose what responsiblities to enforce. We do remove rights and privileges depending on the rules we've set up, as a society.
Human nature encompasses many elements. Rational self interest would work fine if humans were entirely rational, but we are not.
Thus a compromise is needed.
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No one "decides". It is an eternal conflict. For instance, a muderer kills someone. The murder decides that his right is greater than the victim. Now if he never gets caught, then his will wins over the victim, if he gets caught, society can decide whether or not it will impose its will on the murderer. There is no absolute decider.