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Is Nietzsche alone in his view on rights?

Nietzsche argues (I’m pretty sure it’s in *The Gay Science*) that a right comes into being when someone who has power over you willingly limits that power. In other words, if you have a right to something, that means that there is some person or institution who could deny you that something, but—for whatever reason—has agreed to refrain from doing so. Conversely, if you have complete control over some aspect of your life, then you have no rights in that area (and do not need them).

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I have always found this view fascinating and thought provoking, but since I know nothing about the philosophy of rights, I don’t know whether any other philosopher has a similar conception of them. Is this position completely unique to Nietzsche, or are there others who agree with it?
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It's not really absent in any liberal philosophy.  The whole idea of a social contract is that you give up absolute freedom to the social order, and you do so rationally to support your own best interests. Nietzsche is perhaps taking a closer look at that freedom that is given up, but it's not a concept that was completely new to political philosophy.