Not at all. The Declaration of Independence disagrees with you as well as pretty much every philosopher and legal jurist since the history of western civilization.

All individuals have rights inherent in our humanity. We are born with them. Now whether or not a particular government recognizes those rights is another story.

Is an ape born with rights? Were ancient Neanderthals born with them? They were created by and enumerated by society (in their most apparent form by the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution.) You don't hear much about "rights" for the first 30,000 years of written history. Nothing about them in any religious text. They are the product of Enlightenment thinking.

Where did the right not to be enslaved come from? And why did it take most of human history to recognize it?

Who said anything about majority rule? Society codifies rights -- like the right to own property and bargain for pay.

No because it is not human.

Just because rights weren't recognized until then didn't mean they didn't exist prior to that.

What is “collective will” but majority voting outcomes. Crime are violations of law enacted by governments voted in by the collective will.

The majority through the "collective will" can codify "rights" that cannot be infringed upon. The majority through the "collective will" can codify rules of conduct and transgressions, ie: "laws."

In either case they are the result of society and the collective will. The term "rights" was meaningless prior to society. Hunter-gatherer tribes would routinely massacre and enslave rival tribes. I doubt any tribesman would say, "Stop -- you're infringing on my rights!" The idea didn't exist.

I doubt any tribesman would say, "Stop -- you're infringing on my rights!" The idea didn't exist.[/QUOTE]

How exactly do you know this?

You are confused as has been explained a couple of times above.

Just because previous societies didn't recognize these rights didn't mean they didn't exist. Rights don't come from society. They come from our humanity, which is unique. The government doesn't give rights, society doesn't give rights, humans can't give other humans rights. This is settled jurisprudence that every philosopher and law school student learns pretty much on day 1 of school.

Also the idea of "collective will" is a myth. People can only make decisions for themselves, and can only be held accountable for their own actions.

"Human Rights" are a construct in the same way that corporations, money, nations, justice and laws are -- they exist only in our common imagination as human beings.

What "human rights" did pre-literate ancient cave-painters have 30,000 years ago? If they didn't recognize these rights, if they didn't agree on them and codify them -- how did they exist exactly?

As far as your idea of "collective will" not existing, what do you call the agered-upon customs and laws found in society?

So does this make me not responsible for the things Germans did in the 30s and 40s? Need to settle an argument with my father in law.