1. The Philosophy
of Human Rights

2. RATIONALE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
“All human beings are equal in
dignity and rights. They are
endowed with reason and
conscience and should act
towards one another in a spirit of
brotherhood…

3. “ …Everyone is entitled to all the rights and
freedoms set forth in this declaration,
without distinction of any kind, such as
race, color, sex, language, religion,
political or opinion, national or social
origin, property, birth, or other status”
(Art. 1 and 2)
--Universal declaration of Human Rights of
the United Nations

4. Scope of Human Rights
• Civil and Political Rights
• Social, economic and cultural
rights
• Basic rights

5. • The congress shall give priority to the
enactment of measures that protect
and enhance the right of all people
Constitutional provisions
to human dignity, reduce social,
economic inequalities, removeto
on Filipino’s rights
cultural inequalities by equitably
equality power
diffusing wealth and political
for the common good (section 1,
Article 13)

6. Origins of the inequality of man
• Hobbes – “a man is wolf to man”
• Social darwinist – “ survival of the fittest”
• Rousseau – “ labor came as a means for the
realization of man’s perfection”
• Marxist concept – “ private property is the
main cause of social inequality”

7. History of Human Rights
French Declaration of
Human Rights in
1789
The American
Declaration of
Independence 1776
The English Bill of
rights
The Habeas Corpus
act of 1679
English Petition
Rights of 1628
English Magna Carta
of 1215

8. SEXUAL RIGHTS
• Right to sexual freedom
• Right to sexual privacy
• Right to free and responsible reproductive
choices
• Right to sexual information based on scientific
inquiry
• Right to comprehensive sexuality education
• Right to sexual health care