POLC90H3 Lecture Notes - Asian Values, United Nations General Assembly, Nuremberg Trials
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Human rights are based on a moral proposition, not a specific proposition which some might deny: a general priority has been given to guaranteeing individual freedoms in 18th century. Modern human rights as developed in western europe reflect & embody: Humanism- can emphasis on the achievement and potential of. Rationalism can emphasis on reason and science rather than a. Individualism- can focus on personal rather than group or classes, John locke argued that: (two treaties of government) . These natural rights are possessed independently of and prior individuals possess natural rights independently of the political recognition granted them by the state to the formation of any political community from god. Accurately discerning the will of god provided us with an ultimately authoritative moral code all reflected the view that human beings are endowed with certain eternal and inalienable rights the 19th centuries further advanced the concept of human rights.
