HUMR 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Absolute Monarchy, Mary Wollstonecraft, Negative And Positive Rights

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Human Rights
• Course: HUMR 1001
• Professor: PHILLIP

Document Summary

Human rights documents: 1786: 13 colonies (became usa), the declaration of independence , 1789: france, declaration of the rights of man and citizen , the implementation of these documents came about through revolution. States and governments were not welcoming of these ideas. Declaration of independence: emphasizes life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness . We are all equal by nature; we hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal . Natural rights, government protects these rights: rooted in locke"s theory. States that the government is implemented to secure rights, the people can ultimately dissolve the government when they are no longer protecting them. Only legitimate form of government is a democratic one: lists the reasons that have lead the colonists to revoke. The king is the problem; absolute monarch. Declaration of the rights of man and citizen: states that all men are born and remain equal in rights.