Chapter 2 redefines human rights to identify a universal basal moral human right, emphasizing moral rights over traditional views of codified rights held against the state. This perspective shifts the addressee of human rights to individuals, focusing on the right not to be harmed, justified through sympathy as a universal human attribute that grounds morality. Drawing on Jonathan Haidt's social intuitionist model, the chapter connects moral reasoning, judgment, and intuition, asserting that the moral reasoning of “harming is wrong” is rooted in the intuitive human capacity for sympathy. This framework provides a foundational moral basis for understanding and promoting human rights as moral rights.