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Human rights are a recent development in history from "summary" of Sapiens by Yuval N. Harari,David Vandermeulen
The idea that every individual possesses inviolable rights simply because they are human is a relatively new concept in the grand sweep of history. For most of history, rights were reserved for certain privileged groups such as aristocrats or citizens of powerful empires. The notion that rights are inherent to all members of the human race regardless of their social status, gender, or ethnicity is a revolutionary development that has only gained widespread acceptance in the past few centuries. In many ancient societies, the idea of human rights would have been considered absurd. Individuals were often subject to the whims of their rulers or the laws of the land, with little recourse to challenge the injustices they faced. Slavery, discrimination, and arbitrary violence were common features of life in many pre-modern societies, with little regard for the dignity or autonomy of the individual. It...
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