MacCormick's interest theory of rights holds that a right is justified only when the underlying interest is weighty enough to impose duties on others; curiosity about biological origins does not meet this threshold.

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MacCormick(as a philosopher/scholar who expanded on Levi's ideas): Neil MacCormick was a Scottish legal theorist who built on earlier ideas about how courts use reasoning from past cases to develop and change the law.
impose duties(as what a weighty interest must be strong enough to do to others): To create obligations or responsibilities that legally or morally bind other people to do (or not do) something.
interest theory of rights(Contrasted with choice theory in debates about who can hold rights): A theory of rights that grounds rights in the interests of the right-holder, allowing entities such as children who lack legal agency to still be bearers of rights
justified(Epistemological discussion of Socratic wisdom in The Apology): Having beliefs formed with adequate evidence or through reliable belief-forming processes, distinct from the ability to demonstrate one's justification to an interrogator.

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