Rights are important moral coinage. Without them we are impoverished. Benevolence is no substitute. This can be seen strikingly in the case of children. Children’s rights thus becomes an interesting test-case for rights generally (MacCormick, [1982] 1984). In examining the case for children’s rights and the values such rights uphold, we are thus engaged in a wider enterprise of explaining rights, their rationale and their role. We are also finding a way of evaluating society.