Political Science 3388E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Napoleonic Wars, Rationality, Self-Control
17 Dec 2017
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Religion(s): most major religions support the idea that each person is a divine creation and therefore they as a human have worth and value. Intrinsic worth of humans seen in religious traditions: foundational/authoritative set of values. Core idea of human rights requires a notion that there is a foundational set of values: duties before rights. Outlined the responsibilities and obligations to treat human beings a certain way ancient religious texts. Most religious cosmologies implementing a moral code of behavior believers should act. Modern conception = origins in christian ideas of individuality and egalitarianism. History & human rights: ancient greece: Main contribution = notion of natural law. Through a combination of human reason and observation that we should look to natural law. Basic essence of someone was observable it told us how to treat them. Natural to treat each other in specific respectful ways: ancient rome: The universe is a large organic bowl, organized by a rational god.
