Right, rights are a horrible way to express the limits we impose on governments. You can starve in a hellish jail despite all the god-given yada yada.<p>If &#x27;right&#x27; is to mean anything, it has to basically be seen as a natural-law restatement of &quot;If you infringe these freedoms (restrict food, etc) then the victim will try to kill you and we&#x27;ll be on his side.&quot;<p>In that case, a right is anything you&#x27;ll fight to provide to others. (That being the only long-term effective way to guarantee it for yourself as well.)