| There are no "natural" rights. Rights are a political artifact of human societies. This can be demonstrated by considering an environment where no humans exist. In such a place, no rights--of the notion generally accepted by humans--exist. Given that all rights are human constructs, elevating some to "natural" rights is a form of propaganda. No different than the claims and appeals to God and the Creator made in the US Declaration of Independence (for rich white men).
This is not to argue that human rights are not a good thing.
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S. |