GETTING TO KNOW THE CONCEPT OF " RIGHT" AND " DUTY" IN THE MIDDLE AGE AND THE MODERN TIME

The philosophers in the medieval time and their ancestors’, ancient roman philosophers, believed that the ultimate prosperity for the human being would be achieved through the whole society’s intellectual pursuits orchestrated by them.Later on the 15th and 16th century, there was a gradual change in the philosophical thoughts leading to the belief that the ultimate happiness for the human being is nothing but the humanity itself and nothing beyond its living needs. Therefore the government belongs to every single member of the society who shall provide them with service.This article is analyzing the modern time achievements of the philosophical shift which caused the “right” and “duty” centric beliefs as the grass roots of today’s bill of Human Rights.