It really depends on how you define 'rights'. Government given rights are really just legislated privileges, natural rights are more like the law of club and fang.
I think Jack Sparrow's philosophy is the most accurate: there is only what you can do, and what you can't.
I’d say rights are inherent... governments only recognize them (or fail to).
It really depends on how you define 'rights'. Government given rights are really just legislated privileges, natural rights are more like the law of club and fang.
I think Jack Sparrow's philosophy is the most accurate: there is only what you can do, and what you can't.
Natural rights are discovered by reason. "Might makes right" is politics.