> It says that purely by existing people have certain rights Maybe that's just me, but that's way too abstract for me. Have planets and stars always had certai

> It says that purely by existing people have certain rights Maybe that's just me, but that's way too abstract for me. Have planets and stars always had certain rights purely by existing as well? > and society chooses which ones should be protected Well in that case you could make the case that every single person has every single right anyone could possibly have and the society chooses a subset of these rights as actual laws. I guess this is a way to eat your cake and have it, too, since it makes the difference between my and your view unobservable.