Should Human rights be a global ideal?

The question is asked should human rights be a global ideal. To draw a logical conclusion as to whether human rights should be a global ideal one must thoroughly examine the concepts of human rights. When the concept of human rights is thought of there are various terms that bombard the mind freedom, liberty, equality, justice and fairness. All these concepts are deemed the epiphany of human rights. By way of definition human rights is defined by the free dictionary by Farlex (2014), as “basic rights that fundamentally and inherently belong to each individual.” To examine, this definition three words attracted attention; fundamentally, inherently and belong. This therefore can be interpreted as such; human rights are not something that is earned or can be taken away as it naturally belongs to all humans. In order to ascertain who human rights belong to, there must be a conclusion as to who are human beings. Human being is defined by the oxford dictionaries (2014), as “a man, woman or child of the species Homo Sapiens, distinguished from other animals by superior mental development, power of articulate speech, and upright stance.
Human rights is a concept that has been debated for years, numerous scholars has promoted human rights, like wise numerous scholars as disregarded the concept of human right. Historically human right was previously referred to as natural rights or natural law. In 539 B.C., Cyrus the first king of ancient Persia, granted slaves their freedom, and declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion, and established racial equality, after his armies defeated Babylon, this is known as the Cyrus Cylinder, this is recognized as the world’s first charter of human rights (United for Human Rights...

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...real rights are legal rights as he rights should be specified. John Stuart Mills one of Bentham protégé, shared similar thoughts regarding morals, like Bentham, Mills believed human motives were based on pleasure. However Mills elaborated on quality of pleasure and how it dictates human action (Driver, 2009).
Another scholar that criticized human rights is Karl Marx. He did this by criticizing the analysis of Jewish emancipation by Bauer (Hayden, 126). Marx believed that natural rights are egotistic concerned with the personal interest of individuals rather than the interest of society as a whole (Hayden, 126). Marx alludes that political emancipation is a milestone, however man are still bounded by religious laws (Hayden, 126). The criticisms of human rights by these theorists have led to clarification and elaboration of human right by human rights theorists.