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Human Rights?·2012-04-01

April 2012 119 Christian Ethics Human Rights? The idea of human rights appeared in the context of the Ameri- can Revolution (George Washington-1732-1799; Thomas Jeffer- son-1743-1826; Alexander Hamilton-1757/1755-1804) and the French Revolution. But soon there was disagreement about what an inalien- able right actually is. I want to point only to two things: The idea of human rights originally focused on the individual hu- man being. Human rights were about defining the limits of the state in...

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