12∞ · Question 11.10.2
Where did the idea of human rights come from?
From many sources: the Hebrew prophets, the teaching that all bear God’s image, Greek and Enlightenment philosophy, and the bitter experience of what happens without them.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
Where it sits in the book
- Part
- 11: How Humanity Got Here
- Gate
- 11.10: What Went Right
- In print
- Page 383
- ← 11.10.1 · What has science given humanity?
- 11.10.3 → · How much has democracy accomplished?
- All of Part 11
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