Introduction: The three concepts—rights, liberty and equality—are as old. as political theory. Even the people of Greek city-states were conscious of these three basic concepts of political theory and their consciousness is evident from their eagerness to participate, in a direct manner, in the affairs of the state—in fact, the Greek city- states were blessed with direct democracy. Even today [...]
Rights in Political Theory: The rights of human beings or the rights of the individuals have long been a subject of political theory. If we look at the history of western political thought we shall find that in ancient Greek city-states the rights as such had no existence. But the ruling class and upper classes of the city-states were not [...]
Rights in Political Theory: The rights of human beings or the rights of the individuals have long been a subject of political theory. If we look at the history of western political thought we shall find that in ancient Greek city-states the rights as such had no existence. But the ruling class and upper classes of the city-states were not [...]