Universal Human Rights in a World of Diverse Beliefs and Practices
Human rights prescribe universal standards in areas such as security, law enforcement,…
Social Rights
The Universal Declaration included social (or “welfare”) rights that address matters such…
Rights of Women, Minorities, and Groups
Equality of rights for historically disadvantaged or subordinated groups is a longstanding…
Civil and Political Rights
These rights are familiar from historic bills of rights such as the French…
Which Rights are Human Rights?
This section discusses the question of which rights belong on lists of…
Political Conceptions of Human Rights
A political conception of human rights offers an account of what human…
Human Agency as the Basis of Human Rights
A justification for human rights—whether teleological, consequentialist, deontological, or something else—should justify…
The General Idea of Human Rights
This section attempts to explain the generic idea of human rights by…
