We could have all kinds of debate here. I assume that we can all agree on the slavery part, but I'm not so sure about the reverse engineering one. Your persona

We could have all kinds of debate here. I assume that we can all agree on the slavery part, but I'm not so sure about the reverse engineering one. Your personal feelings may differ, of course, but I'm having trouble constructing an argument against the signing-away of reverse engineering rights, from basic natural law principles. Here's another fun example: clearly the right to free speech is fundamental, at least to those in our society. So how is it that a court can uphold, e.g., an NDA?