Relativism and Human Rights A Theory of Pluralistic Universalism
Can human rights principles admit degrees of contextual variations? Are our cultures condemned to a formally rigid standard of universalist hegemony? This work provides an innovative contribution to the legal-philosophical understanding of human rights th
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Claudio Corradetti
Relativism and Human Rights A Theory of Pluralistic Universalism
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Dr. Claudio Corradetti Researcher in Political Philosophy and Bioethics at the European Academy, Bozen Temporary lecturer in Political Philosophy University of Rome II “Tor Vergata” [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4020-9985-4
e-ISBN 978-1-4020-9986-1
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-9986-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2009920942 c Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 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 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com
This book is dedicated to M. Teresa, Cristina and Caterina who are all fighting in different ways for their rights.
Contents
Part I 1 Cognitive Relativism and Experiential Rationality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1 Beyond Cognitive and Linguistic Relativism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.2 Epistemic Relativism Refuted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1.3 The Experiential Validity of the Cognitive System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1.3.1 Judgement and Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2 Beyond Moral Relativism and Objectivism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 Forms of Moral Relativism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 The Two Horns of the Dilemma: Relativism versus Objectivism . . . . 2.2.1 Harman’s Inner-Judgments Relativism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.2 The Limits of Nagel’s Objectivism in Morality . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Wong’s Mixed Position: the Idea of Pluralistic Relativism . . . . . . . . . 2.4 Discursive Dialectic of Recognition: for a Post-Metaphysical Justification of the Domain of the Ethical Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Part II 3 Human Rights and Pluralisitc Universalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 3.1 From Purposive Action to Communicative Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 3.2 The Priority of Recognition and the Formal System of Basic Liberties 90 3.3 The Exemplar Validity of Human Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 3.4 Deliberative Constraints and Pluralistic Universalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 4 The Legal Dimensions of Human Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 4.1 The Source and the Content Validity of Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 4.2 The Structure and Function of Human Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 4.3 Transplantability and Legal Commensurability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 4.4 What is Wrong in the Democratic Peace Theory? A D
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