Is humanity under a duty to deliver socioeconomic human rights?

What’s special about human rights? For Rowan Cruft human rights are special because they capture the importance of the good of the right-holder. But his account struggles with explaining the existence of global socioeconomic human rights. I argue that such rights exist and show how we should revise...

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Huvudupphovsman: Stemplowska, Z
Materialtyp: Journal article
Språk:English
Publicerad: Wiley 2021
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Sammanfattning:What’s special about human rights? For Rowan Cruft human rights are special because they capture the importance of the good of the right-holder. But his account struggles with explaining the existence of global socioeconomic human rights. I argue that such rights exist and show how we should revise Cruft’s account to accommodate this.