Human Rights and Their Limits

Human Rights and Their Limits deals with social, political, cultural, and ethical issues related to human rights. Chapters on the history of human rights show how great powers tried to use rights for their own purposes and how the weak and powerless used rights for the growth of freedom. Osiatyński argues that, although rights are a prerequisite of freedom, they should be balanced with other values that are indispensable for social harmony and personal happiness.