Metaphysics of human rights : 1948-2018. : on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the UDHR / edited by Luca Di Donato, Elisa Grimi.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Jacques Maritain and the renewal of the philosophy of human rights -- 2. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Schuman Declaration: the common personalist inspiration underlying peace and the promotion of human rights -- 3. Knowledge of humjan rights -- 4. Ethical theory and the specification of human rights -- 5. Human origin & the origin of human rights: Jacques Maritain to the rescue -- 6. In what sense are human rights universal? -- 7. Religions and the universality of human rights -- 8. A universal declaration? -- 9. Are international human rights universal? East-West philosophical debates on human rights to liberty and health -- 10. Between Phronesis and Episteme: Jacques Maritain's Proposal on Secularism and updating it for contemporary public debate -- 11. Human rights and responsibilities of an international order -- 12. An education in rights through the practice of duties. A fragment of philosophy of education. -- 13. The origins and ends of human rights education: enduring problematics, 1948-2018.

"The 1948 Declaration of Human Rights demanded a collaboration among exponents from around the world. Embodying many different cultural perspectives, it was driven by a like-minded belief in the importance of finding common principles that would be essential for the very survival of civilization. Although an arduous and extensive process, the result was a much sought-after and collective endeavor that would be referenced for decades to come. Motivated by the seventieth anniversary of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and enriched by the contributions of eminent scholars, this volume aims to be a reflection on human rights and their universality. The underlying question is whether or not, after seventy years, this document can be considered universal, or better yet, how to define the concept of "universality." We live in an age in which this notion seems to be guided not so much by the values that the subject intrinsically perceives as good, but rather by the demands of the subject. Universality is thus no longer deduced by something that is objectively given, within the shared praxis. Conversely, what seems to have to be universal is what we want to be valid for everyone."--Publisher's description

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