Human rights in a moderate communitarian political framework

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Abstract

The International Bill of Human Rights (IBHR) enjoys universal acclaim as the source of the best standards and definition of human rights. This paper argues that the IBHR is inspired by liberalism and harbours ambiguities that open the door to a neoliberal seizure of the rights agenda; and that this effectively destabilises the focus on the IBHR on socio-economic and community rights, and therefore its stated ideal of the equal value of all human rights. I argue that Kwame Gyekye's moderate communitarian political philosophy affords a viable philosophical basis for justification of a more balanced conception of human rights than the theoretical basis of the IBHR does.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)491-503
Number of pages13
JournalSouth African Journal of Philosophy
Volume34
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Oct 2015

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