Human rights and their limits / Wiktor Osiatyński.

By:

Osiatyński, Wiktor, 1945-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 241 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780511651830
051165183X
9780511808333
051180833X
9780511631467
0511631464
9780511632679
0511632673
9780511633874
0511633874
9780511647758
0511647751
9780511699481
0511699484
9781282393790
1282393790

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Human rights and their limits.DDC classification:

341.4/8 22

LOC classification:

K3240 .O82 2009eb

Other classification:

86.81

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Contents:

A short history of human rights -- Rights and democracy -- Rights and needs -- Rights and cultures -- Human rights and other values.

Summary: Human Rights and their Limits shows that the concept of human rights has developed in waves: each call for rights served the purpose of social groups that tried to stop further proliferation of rights once their own goals were reached. While defending the universality of human rights as norms of behavior, Osiatyński admits that the philosophy on human rights does not need to be universal. Instead he suggests that the enjoyment of social rights should be contingent upon the recipient's contribution to society. He calls for a 'soft universalism' that will not impose rights on others but will share the experience of freedom and help the victims of violations. Although a state of unlimited democracy threatens rights, the excess of rights can limit resources indispensable for democracy. This book argues that, although rights are a prerequisite of freedom, they should be balanced with other values that are indispensable for social harmony and personal happiness.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index.

A short history of human rights -- Rights and democracy -- Rights and needs -- Rights and cultures -- Human rights and other values.

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Human Rights and their Limits shows that the concept of human rights has developed in waves: each call for rights served the purpose of social groups that tried to stop further proliferation of rights once their own goals were reached. While defending the universality of human rights as norms of behavior, Osiatyński admits that the philosophy on human rights does not need to be universal. Instead he suggests that the enjoyment of social rights should be contingent upon the recipient's contribution to society. He calls for a 'soft universalism' that will not impose rights on others but will share the experience of freedom and help the victims of violations. Although a state of unlimited democracy threatens rights, the excess of rights can limit resources indispensable for democracy. This book argues that, although rights are a prerequisite of freedom, they should be balanced with other values that are indispensable for social harmony and personal happiness.

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