Greetings,

You inadvertently left off my i.e., which means,"that is to say", Sunni.

Robert: The "right to life" does not refer to a right to everlasting life, i.e. that you won't die from a deadly virus, a mountain lion attack, or even from another human attacking you…

Sunni: “I don’t recall insinuating that the phrase did.”

Robert: I believe you did insinuate that, Sunni.

Sunni: “Does anyone reading this really think that sputtering “I have a right to life!!” will stop a mountain lion attack?”

Robert: And, I don’t recall anyone insinuating that “sputtering” anything will stop a viral attack, a human predator or a mountain lion attack. The "right to life" only gives you the "moral right" to try to fend off that viral attack, that mountain lion attack or that human predator, it is the moral right of defense of your life, because your life is your property. And, it is the "moral right" to defend the life of another, (your "baby" for example), because his or her life is his or her property.

We should begin to see from this how our "natural rights", i.e. our "inalienable rights", which include life, liberty and property (or estate), are interdependent.

"The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." -- Thomas Jefferson: Rights of British America, 1774. ME 1:211, Papers 1:135