Philosophical Dimensions of Human Rights Some Contemporary Views
This book presents a unique collection of the most relevant perspectives in contemporary human rights philosophy. Different intellectual traditions are brought together to explore some of the core postmodern issues challenging standard justifications. Wid
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Philosophical Dimensions of Human Rights Some Contemporary Views
Editor Claudio Corradetti University of Rome “Tor Vergata” Rome, Italy Senior Researcher European Academy, Bolzano, Italy [email protected]
ISBN 978-94-007-2375-7 e-ISBN 978-94-007-2376-4 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-2376-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011941659 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To Conrad and Therese Ross with love
Acknowledgements
I would like to express my gratitude to those authors and editors who have made possible the reprint of the following essays. Bellamy, R. and J. Schönlau. 2004. The normality of constitutional politics: An analysis of the drafting of the EU charter of fundamental rights. Originally published in Constellations 11(3): 412–433. Benhabib, S. 2008. Is there a human right to democracy? Beyond interventionism and indifference. Originally published in The Lindley Lecture, Lawrence, Kansas, The University of Kansas, 1–41. Brunkhorst, H. 2009. Dialectical snares: Human rights and democracy in the world society. Originally published in Ethics and Global Politics, 2/3: 219–239. Abbreviated-version reprinted here. Forst, R. 2010. The justification of human rights and the basic right to justification. A reflexive approach. Originally published in Ethics 120(4): 711–740. Habermas, J. 2010. The concept of human dignity and the realistic Utopia of human rights. Published in Metaphilosophy 41(4): 464–480. English translation of unavailable sections and adaptation to the German original version Das Konzept der Menschenwürde und die realistische Utopie der Menschenrechte. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 58(3): 343–357, by C. Corradetti. 2010. Sadurski, W. 2002. It all depends: The universal and the contingent in human rights. Originally published in European University Institute Working Paper, LAW No. 2002/7, Florence, 2002, 1–35. Claudio Corradetti University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy Senior Researcher European Academy, Bolzano, Italy [email protected]
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Contents
Part I 1
Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Human Rights
Human Rights in History and Contemporary Practice: Source Materials for Philosophy........................................................... Jeffrey Flynn
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Philosophy and Human Rights: Contemporary Perspectives............ David Reidy
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Reconsidering Realism on Rights ......................................................... William E. Scheuerman
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