Introduction & Origin Myths: How Ancient are Human Rights?

This is the first podcast in a series to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It considers whether human rights have an ancient pedigree in law, ethics, politics and religion. Do the Code of Hammurabi and the Cyrus Cylinder offer any clues to the origins? What was the nature of rights in ancient Greece? How important was the growth of the political influence of Christianity? What was the impact of Magna Carta?This podcast considers these issues in the light of the political, social and cultural contexts out of which they arose, and the influence of people directly involved.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.