The "other" and us : a philosophical research around the concept of responsibility in human rights
The "other" and us : a philosophical research around the concept of responsibility in human rights
Date
2019
Authors
Maritan, Stefano
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Abstract
The present work focuses – in the broader context of human
rights - on the theme of «responsibility». The latter is
investigated in the first section from a strictly theoretical point
of view, namely in close relation to the philosophical reflections
of the authors who seem to have contributed most to the
development of this notion. In the second part - in a relationship
of continuity to the philosophical perspectives and theoretical
interpretations gained in the first - some reflections concerning
the theme of responsibility closely related to human rights and
their conceptual structure are developed.
Subsequently, still in the second part of the work, the focus of
the research is moved to the analysis of some problems
connected to the world of human rights and related to some
particular philosophical interpretations of the concept of
responsibility. The purpose of this last approach is to create a
dialogue between practical issues and the philosophical
reflection in general, in order to show how a theoretical
awareness of a specific issue may be helpful to the setting of
a more accurate and concrete questioning about current and
particularly complex issues in the field.
Keywords: human rights, philosophy, responsibility,
ethics, politics, society, collective/community, other/otherness.
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Second semester University: University of Deusto, Bilbao
Keywords
human rights,
philosophy,
responsibility,
ethics,
society,
politics