Assistant Professor of Education-Research Institute of Imam Khomeini
Abstract
The issue of “right” is an important subject in field of political, legal and moral thoughts to the extent that the modern age is called “the Age of Right”. Modern man is rightful, providing his welfare is not his first priority. Instead, access to and attaining his rights is what can bring him peace of mind.
It is properly held that right is not confined to specific aspect of life but covers different dimensions of our life including moral and legal relations of individual with family and society as well as extensive political relationships of individuals with each other and with rulers in regional and international levels. To determine the true instances of right, however, in different domains depends on deciding many questions involved such as meaning of right, its nature and origin, those who lay down and concomitance of right and obligation. One can dare claim that without solving these main and fundamental issues, man can give a proper answer to the problem of “right” in sciences of politics, law and ethics. These fundamental issues are now dealt with in “philosophy of right”
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