Why does recognizing human rights lead to recognizing humans as moral beings?

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Answer 1

There, but for the grace of God, go I.  

Answer 2

Politicians must want to put conditions on human rights because in reality the powers that be have never fully recognized or respected the human rights of any man. So they make moral rules to satisfy their own craving for power and control over any social change.Word

Answer 3

I don't believe that it does. Recognizing humans as "moral beings" occurred long before the invention of human rights as a doctrine. I don't think that "humans rights" is a doctrine which makes people inherently more moral. Many great injustices, after all, have been justified using the language of "rights" (e.g. the "right" of the slave owner to his property.) Most likely, what occurs would have happened anyway, regardless of the structure of the moral discourse. Popular moral discourse, like talk about "rights," typically serves as an after-the-fact justification for whatever a person was predisposed to decide anyway.

Answer 4

I don't think that it necessarily does. Long before we had the laws we live by in modern times, we had basically ethical rules that applied to everyone, just being equal as humans. Morality is a subjective term and means different things depending on the person. The rights of humans to exist freely may sound like a moral issue but it's more basic than that.