In addition, rights are not thought of as simply one more weight to place upon the scale along with other social goods, but instead as external reasons to reject the scale's measurement when certain rules are violated. They are decisive anti-utilitarian claims protecting the individual from the terrors of the majority. A right to subsistence entails some guarantee to minimal economic security, along with the availability of resources essential to sustaining a reasonable life. Such a right would not require that everyone be equalized in economic terms, but would instead set up a baseline that everyone deserves to live above. The case for liberty rights is quite straightforward.
People have a moral claim to autonomy based upon their nature as humans.
This entitlement means that each individual is obligated to respect the freedom of others, regardless of one's preferences or situation. The impact of this claim is threefold. First, it posits that each person possesses a negative right that absolutely resists interference from other parties, unless such coercion is exerted to prevent the violation of another's right. Second, it presents a picture of this right as the alpha and the omega of rights talk. No other rights exist beyond this core of free action, for they would certainly violate it in some way.