The "forgotten" concept of the ethics of equal respect as a normative starting point in relation to the indivisibility of human rights is a key but still under-analysed problem. The reflection on this relationship will be in two perspectives: firstly, its anchoring in the principle of the relations of individual and collective autonomy, secondly, the elaboration of this normative starting point against the background of the ambivalent relationship of the right to property with the right to life.