Abstract:
People’s strong opinion that they are entitled to certain rights
dates back from ancient times and has crossed the whole history of
mankind. "The idea that the human being possesses by its very nature
certain rights that are valid even if they do not correspond to them,
or they correspond in an imperfect manner to the provisions of the
positive juridical laws”, appeared in the human mind in ancient
times being then transmuted in wise words by the stoic philosophy
and jurisprudence, in all subsequent ages sometimes inspired by the
doctrines of Christian religion, sometimes only out of the light of
rationality.
Individual freedom is the fundamental right of a person,
derived from the natural right of the human being. Despite the
vocation of great political ideologies of the XXth century, man is
more and more trapped by a social system in which the mechanism
and means have come to prevail over the object and the ultimate
result. The autonomy of managing personal life and the right to
individual action only stops where this form of will violates the
legitimate rights of other individuals.
