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Seven Theses on Human Rights: (1) The Idea of Humanity

Seven Theses on Human Rights: (1) The Idea of Humanity

by Costas Douzinas | 16 May 2013 | Article

If ‘humanity’ is the normative source of moral and legal rules, do we know what ‘humanity’ is? Important philosophical and ontological questions are involved here. Let me have a brief look at its history. Pre-modern societies did not develop a comprehensive idea of...
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