The Philosophy of Human Rights

Author： Edited by Ernst Gerhard; Heilinger Jan-Christoph

Publisher： De Gruyter‎

Publication year： 2011

E-ISBN: 9783110263886

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110263398

Subject： D082 Democracy, human rights, civil rights

Keyword：政治理论,伦理学(道德哲学)

Language： ENG

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Description

The notion of "human rights" is widely used in political and moral debates. The core idea, that all human beings have some inalienable basic rights, is appealing and has an important practical function: It allows moral criticism of various wrongs and calls for action in order to prevent them. The articles in this collection take up a tension between the wide political use of human rights claims and some intellectual skepticism about them.

In particular, three major issues call for clarification: the questions of how to justify human rights, how to determine their scope and the corresponding obligations, and how to overcome the tension between universal normative claims and particular moralities.

Chapter

I. Human Rights: Moral or Political?

Human rights : questions of aim and approach

On the nature of human rights

Human rights without foundations?

The political and moral conceptions of human rights – a mixed account

II. Rights and Duties

Problems with some consequentialist arguments for basic rights

Human rights as rights

On human rights and the strength of corresponding duties

The moral demandingness of socioeconomic human rights

III. Universality

Common humanity as a justification for human rights claims

Universal human rights and moral diversity

List of contributors

Name index

Subject index