Human rights and faith: a ‘world-wide secular religion’?
While human rights are meant to represent a secular morality, there are surprising parallels to be drawn with religions. Perhaps most striking is the realization that human rights are actually based on faith, as was already recognized at the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights....
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Taylor & Francis Group
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Ethics & Global Politics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ethicsandglobalpolitics.net/index.php/egp/article/download/26262/37579 |