The foundation
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 2:19 pm
The foundation of human rights
Nowadays the existence and validity of human rights is widely accepted (which is visible in e.g. the Universal Declaration of Human Rights). However, I never hear someone mention a reason to do so, why there are such things as human rights, what it is that gives humans rights. (Even the U.S. Declaration Of Independence, which was drafted in an age in which one might expect a decent argumentation, starts with "We hold these truths to be self-evident".)
For myself I can think of a religious base of human rights, but I don't think most of you would accept that
So, what do you think is the foundation of human rights?
Nowadays the existence and validity of human rights is widely accepted (which is visible in e.g. the Universal Declaration of Human Rights). However, I never hear someone mention a reason to do so, why there are such things as human rights, what it is that gives humans rights. (Even the U.S. Declaration Of Independence, which was drafted in an age in which one might expect a decent argumentation, starts with "We hold these truths to be self-evident".)
For myself I can think of a religious base of human rights, but I don't think most of you would accept that