Actualizing Human Rights: Global Inequality, Future People, and Motivation

This book argues that human rights can be realized by addressing challenges such as global inequality and the rights of future generations,and by motivating people to act on them. It focuses on moral and political philosophy and considers the challenges of relativism and political abuse.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 132 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book makes a compelling argument that human rights can be fully realized in two distinct ways. Firstly, by addressing significant challenges to these rights, it brings forth their real-world relevance and empowers individuals worldwide to strive for their realization. Secondly, it motivates people as necessary to achieve human rights, drawing from moral and political philosophy.

The book takes a philosophical approach, focusing on two challenges that have hitherto received limited attention but are crucial for the continued plausibility of human rights as a global ideal. Firstly, it delves into the challenge of global inequality, examining how one can genuinely uphold human rights in a world characterized by profound structural inequalities that result in widespread disparities in the protection of human rights. Secondly, it explores the challenge of future people, considering how to adequately include them in human rights discourse and establish appropriate priorities between the present and the future, particularly in the context of climate change.

Furthermore, the book raises important questions about the ability of people worldwide to be motivated to fulfill their responsibilities in realizing human rights. It also examines the prevalent challenges of relativism and the political misuse of human rights, shedding light on their implications for the pursuit of justice and equality.

This book holds immense value for scholars and students engaged in the study of human rights, political philosophy, and broader political theory, philosophy, and the social sciences. The Open Access version of this book, accessible at: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003011569, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license, ensuring widespread access and dissemination of its insights.

Weight: 260g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367505844