For instance, people in wheelchairs have the right to an elevator in a public buildings because they are handicapped and therefore need it. The rest of us do not have that right (even though an elevator would be a nice convenience for us) because of what we are: not handicapped in that way. (Each of us is handicapped in many other ways. We are all “the handicapped”.) The underlying principle is always that rights depend on reality. In fact, I think the most basic principle of all morality is what