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Short answer: Yes, But.

I would say that his theory of moral rights is based around Utilitarianism (i.e. what is right = what brings about Utility and thus greatest happiness.) They aren't rights in a natural sense. Try http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Rights

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