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The Dark Side of Human Rights1
In Thomas Christiano & John Philip Christman (eds.), Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 423–436 (2009)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Norms, aspirations and cynicism State obligations Control and blame Notes.Author's Profile
the dark side of human rights Burke's question is sharp ‐ What is the point of having an abstract right, unless you also have a way of securing whatever it is that you have a right to? asymmetry between abstract liberty rights and abstract rights to goods and services cornucopia of universal human rights ‐ liberty rights and rights to goods and services International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) norms, aspirations and cynicism If human rights are not pre‐conventional, universal rights ‐ awkward gap between reality and rhetoric first‐order obligation‐bearers ‐ right‐holders, and burdens their obligations impose recompensed by rights they enjoy
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