Human Rights and Human Nature

Human Rights and Human Nature

There seems to be two different versions of human rights in Western tradition: say Rationalistic and Christian; the former adopted in revolutionary France, the latter highly developed in Renaissance Spain. Current relativistic criticisms attempt to deny the universality of human rights alleging that...

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Main Author: Vittorio Possenti
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Panamericana 2013-11-01
Series:Tópicos
Subjects:
Derechos humanos
naturaleza humana
justificación
racionalismo
cristianismo
críticas
universalidad.
Online Access:http://topicosojs.up.edu.mx/ojs/index.php/topicos/article/view/476
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Summary:There seems to be two different versions of human rights in Western tradition: say Rationalistic and Christian; the former adopted in revolutionary France, the latter highly developed in Renaissance Spain. Current relativistic criticisms attempt to deny the universality of human rights alleging that this theory has been created in Western countries or it has no strong justification, and therefore cannot have universal approach; but this objection can be dismissed with an alternative justification of human rights.
ISSN:0188-6649
2007-8498

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