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Human Rights Categories
Integrity of the Person
Social & Economic
Civil and Political
• 400 B.C.E. est. - Mo Zi founded Mohist School of Moral Philosophy in
China
Importance of duty, self-sacrifice, and an all-embracing respect for
others – “universally throughout the world”
• 300 B.C.E. est. – Chinese sage Mencious
Wrote on the “human nature” – “humans are fundamentally good, but
goodness needs to be nurtured”
• 300 B.C.E. est. – Hsun-tzu
Asserted “to relieve anxiety and eradicate strife, nothing is a effective as
the institution of corporate life based on a clear recognition of individual
rights”
• 1750 B.C.E. – King Hammurabi in Babylon
Necessary to honor broad codes of justice among people. Created one
of the earliest legal codes to govern behavior – “let the oppressed man
come under my statue” to seek equal justice in law