Human Rights and Relative Universalism

Frick, Marie-Luisa

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.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2019-02-25

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030107840

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-10785-7

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 294