In our pure nature, we are perfect, whole, and complete. We are able to evolve, grow, and self-correct; thus, we are always moved by the river of progress. And isn’t that progress perfected in its nature? And what comes from our greatest sins is transformed into the greatest love and value for what is ultimately the greatest good.
If you unconvinced, look at how armed conflict led the Geneva Convention of 1864 to establish standards of shared humanitarian values. Following World War I, the League of Nations gave explicit attention to human rights, saying that the rights of minorities must be respected. After World War II, surely the world’s conscience focused on human rights in a way unlike ever before. In 1948, the UN Charter passed with Article 55 referencing human rights. So (ironically enough) war is what prompted some of the most widespread and strongest defenses of human rights.
