عنوان

Human rights and relative universalism /

303010785X

9783030107857

3030107841

9783030107840

Human rights and relative universalism /

[Book]

Marie-Luisa Frick.

Cham, Switzerland :

Palgrave Macmillan,

[2019]

©2019

1 online resource (xiii, 294 pages)

Includes bibliographical references.

Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; List of Abbreviations; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Beyond Catalogs of Rights: The Idea of Human Rights; 1.2 Human Rights as Assigned Claims; 1.3 Primacy of Ethics Over Law; 1.4 Degrees of Universality: Tensions and Incompatibilities; References; 2: The Idea of Human Rights; 2.1 Universalism: The Equality Dimension of Human Rights; 2.1.1 What Sort of Equality?; 2.1.2 Whose Equality?; 2.2 Individualism: The Liberty Dimension; 2.2.1 Social Atomism? Selfhood and Dependency; 2.2.2 "Selfish" Rights and the Question of Human Duties; References

3: Foundational Paths3.1 Horizontal; 3.1.1 Human Dignity; 3.1.2 Needs-Based and Naturalist Foundations; 3.1.3 Transcendental Strategies; 3.2 Vertical; 3.2.1 Social Contract Theories; 3.2.2 Religious Constitutionalism; 3.3 Towards Foundational Pluralism; References; 4: The Idea of Human Rights in Global Contexts: The Equality Dimension; 4.1 The Religious Other; 4.1.1 Religious Supremacism; 4.1.2 Religious Humanism and the Hermeneutical Predicament; 4.2 Citizenship, States, and Nationhood; 4.2.1 Nationalism; 4.2.2 Minorities, War, Refugees; 4.3 Woman; 4.3.1 Different but Equal?

4.3.2 Women's Rights or Women's Human Rights?4.4 "Enemies of Humankind"; References; 5: The Idea of Human Rights in Global Contexts: The Liberty Dimension; 5.1 Cosmo-ontological Collectivisms; 5.1.1 Pacha Mama; 5.1.2 Anātman; 5.2 Human Rights and Greater Goods; 5.2.1 Biopolitical Integrity; 5.2.2 Social Harmony; 5.2.3 Public Morality; 5.2.4 Security; References; 6: Conclusion; Index

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This book argues that human rights cannot go global without going local. This important lesson from the winding debates on universalism and particularism raises intricate questions: what are human rights after all, given the dissent surrounding their foundations, content, and scope? What are legitimate deviances from classical human rights (law) and where should we draw "red lines"? Making a case for balancing conceptual openness and distinctness, this book addresses the key human rights issues of our time and opens up novel spaces for deliberation. It engages philosophical reasoning with law, politics, and religion and demonstrates that a meaningful relativist account of human rights is not only possible, but a sorely needed antidote to dogmatism and polarization.

Springer Nature

com.springer.onix.9783030107857

Human rights and relative universalism.

9783030107840

Human rights.

Human rights.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Civil Rights.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Human Rights.

POL-- 004000

POL-- 035010

Frick, Marie-Luisa,1983-

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