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Describe Laski's theory of rights. What rights havebeen proposed by him ? |
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Answer» Harold Laski—the most popular figure and prolific writer of political science, who authored about 20 books—has elaborated the theory of rights and it is in many respects a classic representation. He defines rights as “those conditions of social life without which no man can seek, in general, to be himself at his best”. He places rights, individuals and state on the same plank in the sense that they cannot be separated from each other and there is no antagonism between them. Laski endorses the long-cherished .view that the state has a very important role to play in the realisation and, before that, recognition of human rights. The point which he stresses here is that it is the primary duty of the state to help the individual in his efforts to achieve his best self and, if that be the case, the state has a very big responsibility in the field of realisation of rights. |
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