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Human Rights Word Master

The document provides definitions and backgrounds for key concepts related to human rights, including their development post-World War II and the influence of Enlightenment thinkers. It also covers contradictions, canon law, natural rights, and the idea of sovereignty in relation to human rights. Additionally, it touches on authoritarianism and Nietzsche's concept of the Übermensch.

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Human Rights Word Master

The document provides definitions and backgrounds for key concepts related to human rights, including their development post-World War II and the influence of Enlightenment thinkers. It also covers contradictions, canon law, natural rights, and the idea of sovereignty in relation to human rights. Additionally, it touches on authoritarianism and Nietzsche's concept of the Übermensch.

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Human Rights Word Master

Human rights
Definition: The basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person, regardless of race, gender,
nationality, or religion.
Background: The modern idea of human rights developed especially after World War II, with the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

Contradictions
Definition: Statements, actions, or ideas that are in direct conflict with each other—when two things
cannot both be true or right at the same time.

Canon law
Definition: The set of laws and rules developed by the Christian Church, especially the Catholic
Church.
Background: Gratian helped form canon law in the 12th century by organizing and harmonizing
Church laws in his work, Decretum.

Enlightenment
Definition: An 18th-century intellectual movement that emphasized reason, individualism, and
skepticism of traditional authority.
Background: Thinkers like John Locke promoted natural rights during the Enlightenment, influencing
modern democracy.

Natural rights
Definition: Rights that people are believed to be born with and that cannot be taken away.
Background: John Locke and other Enlightenment thinkers argued that natural rights come from
nature or God, not governments.

Self-evident
Definition:
Clearly true without needing proof or explanation; obvious by reason or logic.

Übermensch (Ü-bər-mensh)
Definition: A German word meaning "overman" or "superman"; Nietzsche’s idea of a person who
creates his own values.
Background: Friedrich Nietzsche introduced this idea in the 19th century, rejecting traditional
Christian morality.

Holocaust aka genocide


Definition: A very large amount of destruction, especially by fire or heat, or the killing of very large
numbers of people

Sovereignty(so·vruhn·tee)
Definition: The authority of a state to govern itself without outside interference.
Background: Some countries reject human rights criticism by appealing to national sovereignty.

Authoritarian
Definition: A government or leader that demands strict obedience, limits freedom, and often rejects
democratic processes.

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