The foundation of human rights is social history, which is reflected as a kind of moral ideal. The ideal is produced on the historical base, it thus has real meaning, meanwhile the ideal is the ideal of the development of history; therefore, the history has a style of progress. In this paper, the author suggests the following points: (1) Individual rights is the product of social development; (2) Human rights is the ideal force guiding social development; and (3) The relation between human rights and social interest should be adjusted continuously in the interaction between history and ideal. (Contains 3 notes.)