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ІСТОРИКО-ФІЛОСОФСЬКА РЕФЛЕКСІЯ ПЕРЕДУМОВ ІДЕЇ ПРАВ ЛЮДИНИ
HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTION OF BACKGROUND HUMAN RIGHTS IDEAS

Author(s): Svitlana Borysivna Zhdanenko, Eduard Anatoliyovych Kalnytskyi, Yuliia Vasylivna Meliakova
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, History of Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
Published by: Національний юридичний університет імені Ярослава Мудрого
Keywords: human rights; genesis of the idea of human rights; natural law; natural rights;

Summary/Abstract: It is shown that the origins of the modern concept of human rights as the leading political and legal doctrine are in the horizon of the formation of philosophical knowledge. The ideas of the thinkers of antiquity, the Middle Ages and the New Age regarding freedom, equality, justice and human dignity, which constitute the basic principles and values of the concept of human rights, are considered. The genesis of human rights occurs in the context of the development of natural-legal thinking and the search for a balance between individual happiness and public good. It is proved that modern ideas about human rights are based on philosophical concepts, the quintessence of which was the proclamation of the autonomy and freedom of the individual.

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