Rights are entitlements or permissions, usually of a legal or moral nature. Rights are of vital importance in the fields of law and ethics, especially theories of justice and deontology. Theoretical distinctions There're numerous different theoretical distinctions in accordance with which rights may be classified. Not all sources support both sides of every distinction listed here, for example Jeremy Bentham denied the existence of natural rights, holding all rights to be of a legal character,… (More on Rights)