This chapter is titled 'Rights Grounded in Worth'. This is an important chapter of the book. There are different sorts of rights. Some are given by legislation while others may be there because of promise/speech acts. But other sorts of rights are natural rights. But how do we ground this natural rights? Some people argue that this sort of right is grounded on the person's autonomy; meaning, to violate the right of a person is to violate her autonomy. But a question arises: when a person is raped, is it wrong because her autonomy is violated or is there something deeper than just violating her autonomy? Nick argues that there is something deeper.
Is it wrong to feed someone who is in coma to the dogs? This person has no autonomy; so if it's wrong, then the grounding of why it's wrong has to go beyond violating autonomy. Nick argues that the grounding for such right is on the worth or the dignity or the value of a person. To violate her right is to disrespect her dignity as a human.
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