The Philosophy of Human Rights Contemporary Controversies

The notion of "human rights" is widely used in political and moral discussions. The core idea, that all human beings have some inalienable basic rights, is appealing and has an eminently practical function: It allows moral criticism of various wrongs and calls for action in order to prevent them. On the other hand it is unclear what exactly a human right is. Human rights lack a convincing conceptual foundation that would be able to compel the wrong-doer to accept human rights claims as well-founded. Hence the practical function faces theoretical doubts.
The present collection takes up the tension between the wide political use of human rights claims and the intellectual skepticism about them. In particular two major issues are identified that call for conceptual clarification in order to better understand human rights claims both in theory and in practice: the question of how to justify human rights and the tension between universal normative claims and particular moralities.

Info autore

Gerhard Ernst, geb. 1971, studierte Physik und Philosophie in München. Nach seiner Professur in Stuttgart ist er seit 2012 ist er Inhaber des Lehrstuhls I für Philosophie an der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Ernst wurde mit dem Wolfgang-Stegmüller-Preis der Gesellschaft für analytische Philosophie ausgezeichnet und war von 2005 - 2010 Mitglied der Jungen Akademie.

Jan-Christoph Heilinger, Ethik-Zentrum der Universität Zürich, Schweiz.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Gerhard Ernst (Editore), Jan-Christoph Heilinger (Editore), Gerhar Ernst (Editore), Heilinger (Editore), Heilinger (Editore)
• Editore: De Gruyter
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 01.11.2011
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > XX° e XXI° secolo; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri
• EAN: 9783110263398
• ISBN: 978-3-11-026339-8
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.8 x 1.9 x 24.1 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 528 g
• Categorie: Ethik, Menschenrechte, Rechtsphilosophie, 1500 bis heute, Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, Soziale und politische Philosophie, Ethik und Moralphilosophie, Moralphilosophie, Moderne Philosophie: nach 1800, Internationales Öffentliches Recht: Menschenrechte, PHILOSOPHY / Political, Rechtsmethodik, Rechtstheorie und Rechtsphilosophie, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethos, Soziologie / Recht, Kriminalität, Philosophie / Recht, Philosophie / Ethik, Philosophie / Moralphilosophie, Philosophie / Gesellschaft, Politik, Staat, Menschenrechte; Rechtfertigung; Ethik; Universalismus; Ethics; Justification; Universalism