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The bachelor thesis is focused on theory of human rights, which was developed by American thinkers during the American Revolution. The discussion of this subject is based on methods of intellectual history. Thus the thesis fill in the gap in Czech research, which has not paid attention to intellectual history of the American Revolution. The research is based on the philosophical work of John Witherspoon (1723-1794), who lectured moral philosophy at New Jersey College (present-day Princeton University). This philosopher and clergyman participated in the Congress which drafted the Declaration of Independence. In his lectures, he was concerned with philosophical defence of goals of the American Revolution. The aim of this thesis is interpretation and analysis of Witherspoon´s Lectures on Moral Philosophy and recognition of his conception of human rights. |
