On Fri, 02 Feb 2018 07:57:59 -0700, Chris L Peterson
wrote:
On Fri, 02 Feb 2018 09:26:33 +0100, Paul Schlyter
wrote:

On Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:13:43 -0700, Chris L Peterson
wrote:
Sure. But I would not call those "rights" (yes, I know the law
does).
I recognize them as legal obligations placed on people to protect
those unable to protect themselves. This could apply to animals,
as

Can you give some examples of what you consider rights which have
no
corresponding legal obligations? And if the law doesn't enforce
those
rights, who will? God? A lynch mob near you? Anyone else - who?

You're understanding my comment wrong. All rights imply legal
obligations. But there are legal obligations that don't involve
rights.

Do you consider the right to not be killed a legal obligation only
but not a right?