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It is an extension of my faculties. It was my effort, my ingenuity, my labor that created that boat. For anyone else to come along an lay claim to my boat is an act of transgression; whether it is an individual, a group, or a state. No one can lay claim to my labor accept myself. If anyone thinks differently, then I would like to hear a rebuttal.
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Fundamentally, the only authority behind your assertion no one has the right to take your property is yourself, although skillful rhetoric might secure a consensus from your neighbors.
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People like to chalk up the origination of rights as subjective and whimsical, but they stem from reason and a degree of objectivity.
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No, some ideas stem from reason and a degree of objectivity. But to use an idea as a compass to help you through life and for that idea to be true in fact (like gravity) are two entirely different existential conditions. Your right is your idea, backed by your feeling, and nothing else. Under a different line of logic, a person could conceive of a way they deserve to have the fruits of your labor and you don't. Since you can't point to any authority higher than your own feeling, your 'right' can't be said to be anything but subjective.
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For example, should different sexes and different races enjoy the same rights of person, property, and liberty? I would hope so. I think this conclusion is reached through objective thought and reasoning rather than through the contemporaneous lenses of culture.
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It is a type of caution mixed with common sense. "Why should I deny people of other sexes and races the same rights as me if it doesn't produce a tangible benefit?"
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don't know about the rest of you, but my right were a birthright.
Others have tried to articulate where they come from, by my nations Constitution confirms them upon those born here legally.
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There seems to be a profound emptiness behind your theory of rights.