3. Meaning of Human Rights
MEANING OF HUMAN RIGHTS - By Dheeraj Kumar Good afternoon all. unfortunately, i have been given a topic of which I am a fierce critique. I would try to explain the meaning of human rights. Since beginning fear has been a component of human nature. Earlier we were afraid of wild animals, darkness etc. ; now we are afraid of humans themselves. man is afraid of other man. or to say we are afraid of ourselves. The reason is - mind is a very powerful tool. As we have learnt our mind posses many qualities. one of them is desire- Desire for longer life, comfort, possessions and power. This very instict, i.e., desire, is the source of both- the fear and the opression. for example if you wish to live longer and someone is threatening you; you will be afraid, try to avoid the danger or eliminate the danger. so desire gets you kill or get killed. we have done this quite a number of time. Our history is filled with wars and blood bath. we did nothing but killing; if not killing we tortured eac