Do people have rights?

In my opinion – No.

In nature there are no rights. It is the simple law of survival and reproducing. Nothing more.

I do not believe there are any gods to confer rights upon us.

That leaves only us.

I believe that human communities have the ability to use their intelligence and confer rights upon other human beings in the same way that they produce laws and regulate society. Those ‘rights’ are not immutable. They only exist through consensus and through people buying into the philosophy that lies at their heart.

The best set of ‘Rights’ are those enshrined within the UN Charter – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

I believe that to be the best document ever produced by human beings.

http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/