Ethics of Human Rights
ISBN:
978-3-319-03565-9
Auflage:
2014
Verlag:
Springer International Publishing
Land des Verlags:
Schweiz
Erscheinungsdatum:
27.03.2014
Format:
Hardcover
Seitenanzahl:
540
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This volume focuses on the ethical significance of human rights, aiming at contributing to a universal culture of human rights with deep roots and wide horizons. Its purpose, scope and rationale are reflected in the three-part structure of the manuscript. Part I has a broad introductory historical, theoretical and legal character. Part II submits that an Ethics of Human Rights is best understood as an Ethics of Recognition of human worth, dignity and rights. Moreover, it is argued that human worth consists in the perfectibility of the human species, rooted in its semiotic nature, to be accomplished through the perfecting of human beings, for which the right to education is key. In Part III, the main legal and political outcomes of the Human Rights Revolution are described and answers to the most lasting and common criticisms of human rights are provided. To conclude, the human stature of the Big Five drafters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is profiled and the priority that should be recognized to human rights education is highlighted. Some appendices supplement the manuscript. While making a case for the high value and liberating power of the idea and ideal of human rights, objections, controversies and uncertainties are not at all overlooked and emerging issues are explored. The diversity of content of this volume meets many needs of the typical syllabus for a human rights course.
Schlagwörter
Non-discrimination
Dignity
Normative Ethics
Human Rights Treaties
Ethics and Human Rights
Equality And Diversity
Declaration of Human Rights
Tolerance And Solidarity
Natural Law And Natural Rights
Morality and Human Rights
Life And Liberty
International Covenants on Human Rights
Human Rights Revolution
Historical Outlook Of Ethical Though
Autonomy And Privacy
United Nations Charter and the Human Rights
Dignity Of Life
Dignity In Death
Dignity And Treatment Of Prisoners
Dignity And Sexuality
Dignity And Freedom Of Speech
Dignity And Death Penalty
Dignity And Corporal Punishment
Dignity And Abortion
Development Of Human Rights
Development And Peace
Declarations of Rights
Common Responsibility Of Humankind
Common Ethics of Humanity
Commission on Human Rights
Advent of the United Nations
