T D 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Individual And Group Rights, Negative And Positive Rights, Welfare Rights
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Direct result of two world wars and genocides i. e. holocaust. Elected through popular vote in the beginning. Nuremberg trial: nazis charged with crimes against humanity". Corresponded with a law that belonged to all humans return to the natural law in a sense. Not exactly the same as the old one but similar. Universal declaration of human rights: basic old rights and new rights, new rights: no more slavery, etc, main points: It was a bunch of commitments that everyone agreed on: justifications that people came up with. Basic dignity of the human person, christian idea of imago dei". Capable of giving and receiving moral reasons for acting as we do so people shouldn"t commit acts against us arbitrarily. Autonomy or choice as necessary for valuable life" (raz) Because we have the ability to make choices, we should be able to exercise that freedom. The way to exercise that right is necessary for humans to be fulfilled.
