自然法传统与西方权利思想的演进

自然法传统与西方权利思想的产生及发展有着密切联系。古希腊的自然主义观念与人文理念是自然法与西方权利思想的共同理论渊源。伴随自然法理论的生成,与权利相关的各种理念也随之产生,当自然法思想发展到古典自然法阶段时,其已经成为了一种关于权利的思想学说,而且开始引导着近代西方权利思想的发展趋向。进入20世纪之后,在复兴的自然法理论的主导下,权利思想仍然得到发展并显示出强大的理论生命力,从而继续居于西方政治法律领域中的主流理论地位。

The Tradition of Natural Law and the Evolution of Ideas on Rights in Western Countries

There is a close link between the tradition of natural law and the birth and growth of the ideas on rights in western countries.The naturalism concepts and human ideas in ancient Greece is the source of both natural law and the ideas on rights in western countries.Along with the emergence of natural law theories,the ideas on rights were born.When the natural law theories was elevated into classical natural law,it has become a theory about rights,which led the development of the modern ideas on rights in western countries.Since 20th century,dominated by the revived natural law theory,the ideas on rights continued to develop with great vigor,taking the central position in the field of western politics and law.