The Debasement of Human Rights: How Politics Sabotage the Ideal of Freedom de Rhodes, Aaron - 2018-04-17

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Encounter Books, 2018-04-17. Hardcover. Like New.

Encounter Books, 2018-04-17. Hardcover. New.

Encounter Books. New. New Encounter Books, 2018 New The idea of human rights began as a call for individual freedom from tyranny, yet today it is exploited to rationalize oppression and promote collectivism How did this happen? Aaron Rhodes, recognized as "one of the leading human rights activists in the world" by the University of Chicago, reveals how an emancipatory ideal became so debased Rhodes identifies the fundamental flaw in the Universal Declaration of Human of Rights, the basis for many international treaties and institutions It mixes freedom rights rooted in natural law?authentichuman rights?with "economic and social rights," or claims to material support from governments, which are intrinsically political As a result, the idea of human rights has lost its essential meaning and moral powerThe principles of natural rights, first articulated in antiquity, were compromised in a process of accommodation with the Soviet Union after World War II, and under the influence of progressivism in… Leer más

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Encounter Books, 2018. Hardcover. New. 368 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches.

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