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A natureza dinâmica dos direitos humanos: a crítica de Rawls ao universalismo Moral

Sanja Ivic

Autor
Sanja Ivic
Revista
Trans/Form/Ação
Edição
33 / 2
Ano
2010
DOI
10.1590/S0101-31732010000200013
Páginas
223-240
Idioma
pt
2010Sanja Ivic. A natureza dinâmica dos direitos humanos: a crítica de Rawls ao universalismo Moral. Trans/Form/Ação, v. 33, n. 2, p. 223-240, 2010.1

Human rights do not represent an absolute truth. Otherwise, they would represent ideology, which is contradictory to the basic idea of human rights itself. Consequently, there is a need for redefinition of the main presuppositions of modern conception of human rights represented in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This paper argues that Rawls’s conception of human rights is significant for the refiguration of human rights. It