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The two theories that dominate contemporary human rights discussion are the interest theory and the will theory. Interest theory argues that the principal function of human rights is to protect and promote certain essential human interests, while will theory attempts to establish the validity of human rights based on the unique human capacity ...
Knowledge and Human Interests was discussed by Paul Ricœur in the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, [13] Rainer Nagele, Roland Reinhart, and Roger Blood in New German Critique, [14] Kenneth Colburn Jr. in Sociological Inquiry, [15] Steven Vogel in Praxis International, [16] Richard Tinning in Quest, [17] Jennifer Scuro in The ...
He is known for his research on social theory, human rights, political philosophy, hermeneutics and the philosophy of Jürgen Habermas and Hans-Georg Gadamer. [ 2 ] A biography of Misgeld ( Dieter Misgeld: A Philosopher’s Journey from Hermeneutics to Emancipatory Politics ) was written by Hossein Mesbahian and Trevor Norris, and published in ...
Interest convergence is a principle that suggests that social change for minority groups occurs when their interests align with those of the majority. [1] This shared interest can lead to the creation of new laws and policies. The theory was first coined by Derrick Bell. Bell was an American lawyer, theorist and civil rights activist in the ...
Alan Gewirth (November 28, 1912 – May 9, 2004) was an American philosopher, a professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago, and author of Reason and Morality (1978), Human Rights: Essays on Justification and Applications (1982), The Community of Rights (1996), Self-Fulfillment (1998), and numerous other writings in moral philosophy and political philosophy.
The World Conference on Human Rights in 1993 opposed the distinction between civil and political rights (negative rights) and economic, social and cultural rights (positive rights) that resulted in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action proclaiming that "all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated". [30]
Roman Mendez, 6, one of two kindergarten students who was shot at the Feather River Adventist School in Oroville. He sustained two gunshot wounds and remains in critical but stable condition ...
The Meanings of Rights: The Philosophy and Social Theory of Human Rights. Cambridge University Press. pp. 85–105. ISBN 978-1-107-02785-5. Finlay, Christopher J. (2015). Terrorism and the Right to Resist: A Theory of Just Revolutionary War. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-316-35199-4. Francis, Sahar (2014).