> How much does it cost to not arrest and try someone falsely? At minimum enough to arbitrate claims of the opposite occurring. You are correct in stating pro

> How much does it cost to not arrest and try someone falsely? At minimum enough to arbitrate claims of the opposite occurring. You are correct in stating proper adherence to this right will not cost much (if there were ever a theoretical group of people who could agree on what "arrest falsely" meant every time) but merely acknowledging that some amount of resource must be spent should be enough to put to rest the idea that there are a special set of "negative rights" which require no resources to maintain and therefore are the only Real Rights while the others are the Made Up Rights. > rights are rights whether they are enforced or not. I think this may be where our primary disagreement exists. From my perspective a right is relatively useless to establish if enforcement does not accompany said right. You can inform the slave that he has a right to no longer live under subjugation, but if he has no mechanism by which to escape his slavery without loss of life his material conditions do not change. If your argument is that rights exclusively provide the framework for a defense of violent revolution (as this is the only use I can imagine them having without accompanied enforcement) I would still argue for the inclusion of more rights as the capacity of the state expands, as that would be the primary tool by which Citizens can protect themselves against exploitation.