dream_weaver Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 Here is a list compiled from a few Google searches and general knowledge of a few contributors to today's resources available on the development of individual rights throughout history. Radio talk show host, Mark Scott, used to quip: "If you don't know your rights, you don't have any." So the question being addressed here is: What are the significant historical contributions that weighed in on the development of Individual Rights. Here is the short list, as compiled. Individual/Document Born Died Summary of contribution Aristotle 384 BC 322 BC Peikoff's History of Philosophy Lecture t.b.d. Marcus Tullius Cicero January 3, 106 BC December 7, 43 BC Right to/of Self Defense Catholic Theologians 5th Century 15th Century notion of "Natural Rights" Justinian's Digest 530 AD 533 AD Emperor Justinain's great codification Gratian 1140 AD 1150 AD Decretum Gratiani Magna Carta June 15, 1215 Signed John Locke August 29, 1632 October 28, 1704 Natural Rights Thomas Paine February 9, 1737 June 8, 1809 Common Sense, Rights of Man U.S. Constitution September 17, 1787 June 21, 1788 Created/Ratified John Stuart Mill May 20, 1806 May 8, 1873 Coined the term "Individualism" Lysander Spooner January 19, 1808 May 14, 1887 unevaluated at this point Ayn Rand February 2, 1905 March 6, 1982 Moral Basis for Individual Rights This is a reference to a separate investigation along a similar line of inquiry: The History and Philosophy of Rights from which this short list is partially derived. I recall Peikoff mentioning one more contributor from the lecture, but do not recall the specifics at this time. Please add to this, as appropriate, restraining response to individual, dates if accessible, and brief of contribution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2046 Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 To help fill your gap between the natural law theologians and Locke, try researching the jurists Hugo Grotius and Samuel Pufendorf. Both were hugely influential to Locke and Paine and quoted by both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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