Human rights discourse in the West has a deep connection to Christian theology and what might be called 'theocentrism.' This view locates human rights in the God-created order of the world-and not in the capacities of sentient beings. This article examines and criticizes some recent theocentric arguments. It focuses in particular on the claim made by some theocentric human rights defenders that secular individualism and democracy are wrong-headed and run counter to Christian theology. This article provides a critique of recent theocentric arguments about human rights and briefly discusses an alternative that locates rights in the capacities of sentient beings. Human rights discourse in the West has a deep connection to Christian theology and what might be called 'theocentrism.' This view locates human rights in the God-created order of the world-and not in the capacities of sentient beings. This article examines and criticizes some recent theocentric arguments. It focuses in particular on the claim made by some theocentric human rights defenders that secular individualism and democracy are wrong-headed and run counter to Christian theology. This article provides a critique of recent theocentric arguments about human rights and briefly discusses an alternative that locates rights in the capacities of sentient beings.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2008
توصيف ظاهري
217-234
عنوان
Religion & Human Rights
شماره جلد
3/3
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1871-0328
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
CAPABILITIES APPROACH
اصطلاح موضوعی
CHRISTIANITY
اصطلاح موضوعی
HUMAN RIGHTS
اصطلاح موضوعی
HUMANISM
اصطلاح موضوعی
NUSSBAUM
اصطلاح موضوعی
PERRY
اصطلاح موضوعی
SINGER
اصطلاح موضوعی
SPECIESISM
اصطلاح موضوعی
WOLTERSTORFF
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )