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Towards an Action-guiding theory of Human RightsJournal of Global Ethics 1 1-15. 2023.What are the main conditions that any theory of human rights should satisfy to guide action? If agents must take action for a fairer world as human rights discourse suggests, this is a crucial question to reflect upon. In this paper, I make a proposal. I argue that any theory of (moral) human rights that guides action on the basis of correlative duties must satisfy three key conditions. The first condition is focused on the specification of act-types, the second concerns the distribution of corr…Read more
Javier Echenique
Universidad San Sebastián
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Universidad San SebastiánProfessor
Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile
Areas of Specialization
Value Theory |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Action |
Meta-Ethics |