where do "rights" come from? Are they natural or artificial? Think of a classic bent-including the U.S Founding Fathers-took "natural rights" as a basis for human rights. Nature expresses God's intentions, which are not hard to discern. You know instantly and instinctively that it is wrong to crash a jetliner into a building. Life and liberty are natural; therefore, government may deprive people of these basic rights only for good cause.