Conservatives claim rights come from God. “Progressives” claim rights come from government. In fact, however, rights come from reason—i.e., from perceptual observations and conceptual integrations of facts about human nature and the requirements of human life.
The following table provides a concise indication of those facts, their relationships to each other, and how our integrations of these facts and relationships give rise to the rights to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness. I hope you find it helpful.
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