Human Rights as Social Construction

Human Rights as Social Construction
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 271
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ISBN-10 : 9781139505413
ISBN-13 : 1139505416
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Book Synopsis Human Rights as Social Construction by : Benjamin Gregg

Download or read book Human Rights as Social Construction written by Benjamin Gregg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-12 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most conceptions of human rights rely on metaphysical or theological assumptions that construe them as possible only as something imposed from outside existing communities. Most people, in other words, presume that human rights come from nature, God, or the United Nations. This book argues that reliance on such putative sources actually undermines human rights. Benjamin Gregg envisions an alternative; he sees human rights as locally developed, freely embraced, and indigenously valid. Human rights, he posits, can be created by the average, ordinary people to whom they are addressed, and that they are valid only if embraced by those to whom they would apply. To view human rights in this manner is to increase the chances and opportunities that more people across the globe will come to embrace them.


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