If there is a law that, when enforced, establishes total peace (like the law deduced in chapter 4), it establishes justice as well. And since peace and justice are the desired attributes of a law, a person has the right to follow a law that says to make and keep agreements so as to avoid disagreements.
People have the right to agree or disagree with anything to which they fall subject. And if they are not involved in a matter, they do not have the right to agree or disagree with it.
So, a person has the right to act any way they want as long as they: a) do not subject a person that would disagree, b) do not intend to affect a person that doesn't want to be affected, or c) do not violate the terms of an agreement by the action. This means people have the right to personal and group-consented choices.
Authorities can override the first two rules if the action can be derived, and people can override the third if the agreement is null, unfair, contradictory, or outdated.
Formal Derivation:
5.0 - People have the right to personal or group-consented choices. This means a person has the right to act any way they want as long as the action:
5.0.1. does not subject a person that disagrees with it,
5.0.2. is not intended to affect a person that doesn't want to be affected by it
5.0.3. does not violate the terms of an agreement.
5.0.4. (Note: Attached to a person are their possessions)
(There are exceptions to a) 5.0.1 and 5.0.2 if the action can be derived by an authority and b) 5.0.3 if the agreement is null, unfair, contradictory, or outdated)
5.1 - You have the right to do anything you want if you keep a law that demands total peace.
5.1.1. People have the right to exercise their free will within the confines of a just, complete law.
5.1.2. If we are at total peace, we have total justice.
5.1.2.1. If we are at total peace, there are no disagreements and no wrongs that aren't being made right (by logical consequences).
5.1.2.2. If no one disagrees and all wrongs have been righted, all is right.
5.1.2.3. When all is right, there is total justice
5.1.2.4. If a set of laws, when exercised, establishes total peace, the set of laws is just and complete.
5.1.4. A person has the right to act as they wish within the confines of a law that demands total peace.
5.2 - If you keep the agreements you are a part of and avoid subjecting a person to a matter they would disagree with, you have the right to do as you please.
5.2.1. From 4.2.2 we learn that establishing and maintaining a state of total peace is synonymous with a) making and keeping agreements to avoid disagreements and b) providing logical consequences for obstructions to peace and, thus, unjust and unlawful activities.
5.2.1.1. (Since the second constituent (5.2.1(b)) of peace places responsibility solely on the government, we'll concentrate on the first constituent.)
5.2.2. People have the right to agree or disagree with a matter if and only if they fall subject to the matter.
5.2.3. Thus a disagreement can't occur if a person does not fall subject to the matter.
5.2.4. Therefore, as long as you do not subject a person that disagrees by your actions (5.2.3), keep all agreements you've made (5.2.1(a)), and follow any terms that may have been derived over you, you may do as you please.
5.3 - It is wrong to act in a way in which you intend to affect a person that does not want to be affected.
5.3.1. If you intend to affect a person, you effectively subject them to your action.
5.3.2. The person, falling subject to the matter, has a right to disagree (5.2.2).
5.3.3. Intending to affect (in any way) a person that does not want to be affected is against the law.
5.4 - Therefore we have 5.0.
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