Moral Theories Of Human Rights

Human rights are basic to humanity. They are supposed apply to all people everywhere. Though in our modern society, we acknowledge the importance of human rights, it took a long time for mankind to set down the human rights that we all deserve and to reach to where we are now. In this essay, the focus will be on how much Christian teachings and traditions influenced the creation of human rights. It’s possible to see the influence based on different written laws made toward creation of equal rights. Such as, the US’s “Declaration of Independence”, the French “Declaration of the Rights of Man” or the UN’s Declaration of the Human Rights. Christianity’s biblical notions support many of the articles found in those declarations. Christian teachings had an overall significant impact on the development of modern human right.

As per the 1948 Universal announcement of human rights, all individuals regardless of their background are all born equal before the law. This declaration made by the powerful nations and signed by all nations strong and weak that belong to the United Nations reflects the thoughts of many earlier philosophers to include the 16th & 17th Century Martin Luther, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke. However, each philosopher -based on their times and experiences gave a different value to how men use their freedom and equality in presence of the other in a society, and in relation to political authority. As determinant of his freedom to act and think, the three writings focused on the will of man, the promise that shapes the social contract, and the

Human rights can be summarized as the activities and freedoms that all human beings are entitled to enjoy and only by virtue of their humanity. These conditions are generally guaranteed in the constitution of the land. They are widely felt in the area as they are divided and not limited to political, social economic and cultural rights. Some of the main principles of human rights include the fact that they are inherent, inalienable and indivisible as well. In this relation, human rights can never be taken away from an individual whereby the enjoyment of one right should not infringe the enjoyment of other. They must all be respected and maintained.

Human rights are moral principles or norms that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as legal rights in national and international law.

Mohammad Taghi, Q. (2014). The relationship between ethics and human rights in the thought of

Human Rights are the rights everyone is supposed to be given no matter their discrepancies. Although many don’t realize it human rights play a huge role in our everyday lives. It may seem like they do not affect people. Our world acts as a safe little bubble, and as the world outside of our safe little bubble is examined, it’s realized that what many take for granted, others don’t even have. Some don’t even have the basic rights most are given. But without them the world would be a whole lot different.

What is a Right? Is it an inalienable individual moral or legal code, a fundamentally collective moral or legal code, or could it be, that a right is the sovereignty to act without the permission of others and, as such, doesn’t it carry the concept that by doing so you may not infringe on another’s sovereignty? These questions reflect the conflict societies; in current years, face in respects to Human Rights. This is not to say, that societies are not able to overcome these issues, and that civilisations; current and ancient, have produced documents that have defied the impression that human rights are a new entity.

* Rights Theories- a twentieth-century theory that recognizes that human beings have fundamental rights and privileges that transcend national boundaries and cultures

Recent rights development has sought to justify the civilization and the importance of rights by reference to some overriding value, such as freedom, fairness, independence, equality, quality of life, and dignity.

Kant’s reasoning for the concept of universal human rights or human dignity stem from the idea that humans are inherently valuable; they are priceless in themselves, and therefore, conversely earned their human rights at birth. Though Kant places much emphasis on morality, he also holds that morality does not determine the possibility of human rights. The only thing that actualizes the existence of human rights is the human’s existence. Kant recognizes that in a kingdom of ends where everything has either a price or a dignity, anything with a price can be replaced. On the contrary, anything that is above all price, has a dignity (40). As one cannot put a value on a human, humans have dignity. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights further supports this when it denotes that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights” (UN General Assembly art. 1). When one is considering human dignity, I have found that is is beneficial to also consider basic human rights as they relate to said dignity.

One of the main reasons why human rights have been put in place is to protect the public life and public space of every individual being. One fundamental characteristic of human rights is that they are equal rights; they are aimed at providing protection to every person in an equal way. These rights have been entrenched through laws that are passed by states and international conventions. Human rights laws have evolved over time, and have been shaped by several factors, including philosophical theories in the past. This paper looks at the theories of two philosophers, Emmanuel Kant and John Stuart Mills, and how their teachings can be used to explain the sources of human rights. Kant’s moral philosophy is very direct in its

the basic human rights that exist in their own country. This means the righteous moralist theory should be

today we call them human rights" (McShea 34). The issue of whether or not to

The doctrine of human rights were created to protect every single human regardless of race, gender, sex, nationality, sexual orientation and other differences. It is based on human dignity and the belief that no one has the right to take this away from another human being. The doctrine states that every ‘man’ has inalienable rights of equality, but is this true? Are human rights universal? Whether human rights are universal has been debated for decades. There have been individuals and even countries that oppose the idea that human rights are for everybody. This argument shall be investigated in this essay, by: exploring definitions and history on human rights, debating on whether it is universal while providing examples and background

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” These opening words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights express a concept of man which underpins the framework of human rights embodied in the Universal Declaration and the two international covenants of Human Rights. Western political traditions is a concept that it derives from, is in harmony with moral and social teachings to be found in many other traditions and patterns of belief.