Human Rights

It seems as though the concept of natural rights have lost credibility due to its shift from the people?s hands to the government?s advantage.
During the world?s history, people have realized and identified what is necessary in order to lead a minimally good life. These essential elements have become moral truths, also known as natural justice. ?[Natural [justice] is that which has the same validity everywhere and does not depend upon acceptance.? (Nicomachean Ethics, 189 Aristotle). Therefore, society upholds moral truths despite government rulings.
Many ideas of human rights commence at religious texts and continue through the great philosophers of our time. The Bible claims that the divine image created all human beings; therefore, all human beings are equal in God?s eyes. Thus, it is necessary to protect equality in all human beings. By the formation of Christianity in the early centuries, Christians spread these basic rights because they are the will of God. By...