Maslow's Pyramid of Human Needs and the Contemporary European Concept of Human Rights

Abstract

The contribution offers an unconventional view of how to consider the relationship between the interests of the individual and society in the case of human rights. It compares the world of psychology and the world of law, respectively. compares the pyramid of human needs of American psychologist Abraham Maslow with the current European human rights concept, and draws recommendations from the current view of the relationship between the individual and society.

Keywords

• Maslow's pyramid of human needs
• the current European concept of human rights
• political rights