Authority is inherent with identity. You have authority over your identity. You have authority over using your legs because they are yours — authority, or rights, are found in self-ownership. All social understandings of morality is based upon this, explicitely or implicitly, intentionally or accidental. Mainstream Acceptance Both conservative and progressive beliefs are based on this concept of authority. Progressives believe that it is wrong to legislate morality, like banning pornography, homosexuality, etc. They believe that you have a right over your own body to do what you like, at least to a certain extent. Their standard for the limits of this right is fuzzy at best. Conservatives believe it is wrong to violate what they call “individual rights”, though exactly what those rights are is never really understood, accept through the lens of … Read entire article »