Dynamic nature of human rights: Rawls's critique of moral universalism A natureza dinâmica dos direitos humanos: a crítica de Rawls ao universalismo Moral

Human rights do not represent an absolute truth. Otherwise, they would represent ideology, which is contradictory to the basic idea of human rights itself. Consequently, there is a need for redefinition of the main presuppositions of modern conception of human rights represented in the Universal Dec...

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Main Author: Sanja Ivic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista 2010-01-01
Series:Trans/Form/Ação
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31732010000200013