Reply to Rick Garnett

Thanks to Rick for his post below.  Rick asked what I (among others) think about what the Moscow Patriarchate said.  Frankly, I'm not sure what the Moscow Patriarchate said (i.e., meant to say).  It's far from obvious that his statement takes issue with the morality of human rights.  Certainly the morality of human rights does not presuppose what the Moscow Patriarchate refers to as "the Enlightenment's teaching on man".  (On "the morality of human rights", click here.)
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