HISTORY 3XX3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Eleanor Roosevelt, Indigenous Rights, Franz Boas
25 Feb 2017
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Many people believe that the magna carta is the first real human rights charter. Signed by king john, who was forced by english feudal barons/nobility. Most of it relates to specific grievances that the feudal lords had against king john. Provided a basis for the rule of law the king is as subject to the law as anyone else. Clause 39 pointed to as setting a precedent for the right not to be arbitrarily arrested/detained. No martial law in times of peace. Era in western philosophy, intellectual, scientific and cultural life. A lot of it is about questioning the status quo existing structures/institutions, morals, beliefs. Involved critical questioning of traditional institutions, customs, and morals. Scholar lynn hunt inventing human rights (2008) Period provides conceptual roots for modern theories of human rights. Individuality (personal autonomy) the individual is a very important (if not the most important) part of society: liberalism. Argues that in the late 1800s, something shifted fundamentally.
