JACQUES MARITAIN AND FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, promulgated by the United Nations on December 10, 1948, is one of the key documents in the history of freedom of religion and freedom of conscience. It was the product of intensive work by an international committee of diplomats and public figures (includin...

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Published in:Journal of Dharma
Main Author: Sweet, William (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dharmaram College 2006
In: Journal of Dharma
Further subjects:B Jacques Maritain
B Human Rights
B Personalism
B freedom of conscience
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, promulgated by the United Nations on December 10, 1948, is one of the key documents in the history of freedom of religion and freedom of conscience. It was the product of intensive work by an international committee of diplomats and public figures (including René Cassin, John Humphrey, Eleanor Roosevelt, Chang Peng-chun, and Charles Habib Malik),1 but among those who not only defended it but inspired it was Jacques Maritain. Beginning in the mid-1930s, Maritain was the author of a number of books, lectures, and essays on the nature of political community, the dignity of the human person, and the centrality of human rights and freedoms.
ISSN:0253-7222
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma