Ideas from 'Anarchical Fallacies: on the Declaration of Rights' by Jeremy Bentham [1796], by Theme Structure

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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights
Natural rights are nonsense, and unspecified natural rights is nonsense on stilts
25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
Only laws can produce real rights; rights from 'law of nature' are imaginary