INTRINSIC NEED, NOT INTRINSIC RIGHT. —“liberty is not an intrinsic right but a

INTRINSIC NEED, NOT INTRINSIC RIGHT.

—“liberty is not an intrinsic right but a responsibility for defending property through violence?”—

The idea of an ‘intrinsic right’ is a logical impossibility. A right must be created through either (a) command if a third party has the power, or (b) contract enforced by third-party, or (c) through an insurer that imposes power-of-contract. We can only create rights through the necessity (obligation) to use violence to suppress parasitism in all forms. We can only create that right through agreement under norms, contract and judiciary, or insurer, contract and judiciary. And What does a right mean? It means you may appeal for retaliation against an imposition of costs, without yourself fearing retaliation in return.

We can need a natural right – a law of cooperation. We can request or demand that natural right in exchange for cooperation. In this sense we did evolve an intrinsic need for natural rights. But to possess them we must use violence to construct them.

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