[fsckboy]

> Human rights. It's a metaphysical spook with no grounding in the natural world

human rights has no grounding anywhere but the natural world

And its grounding is quite solid. It's been talked about for many millennia. And for example, saying that slaves or serfs have no rights is itself an acknowledgement of human rights, an indication that it makes sense to consider that humans might be worthy of rights. There isn't really any definition of the word "rights" except that it starts with human rights.