Rights of Man or Human Relations ?
Rights of Man or Human Relations ?

Author(s): Salvador de Madriaga
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Social Philosophy
Published by: CEEOL Digital Reproductions / Collections
Summary/Abstract: No discussion of ‘the rights of man’ can yield fruitful results when the subject is so limited both to the rights and to the individual; and the very form of words is to be avoided. It dates from the era of the French Revolution, which bred a combative, biassed and therefore limited outlook. Historically this attitude was only too natural and even justified. A similar attitude has been fostered by the cruel oppression millions of men and women have suffered in the last two decades. But true constructive work in the field of Social nature can be achieved only if and when the matter be approached objectively and not aggressively. The first result of this change of outlook is that the word and concept of rights is found to be too narrow, for it only represents one aspect of the relations between the individual and the society in which he lives.

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