Our Status Under Human Rights: Members of a Human Family

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is truly a remarkable document. http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/.

For the the first time in human history, the peoples of the world came together and affirmed their belief in the nature of human nature:

1. Birthright

We are all members of a human family

We are equal in dignity and rights.

We are endowed with reason and conscience. 



2. Potential and Worth

This is implied by:

• Birthright into human family
• Our inherent dignity
• Our inherent equality
• Our inherited rational status (we are endowed with reason)
• Our inherited moral status (we are endowed with conscience)

3. Shared Responsibility

• To relate to each other in a spirit of kinship

This is the shared and fundamental nature of all people everywhere.