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1. PRINCIPIALISMO BIOÉTICO Y BIOJURÍDICO: ¿NECESITAN LA BIOÉTICA Y EL BIODERECHO EUROPEOS UN MARCO DIFERENTE DE PRINCIPIOS?

Author

Beauchamp, Tom L.

Subjects
*ETHICS, *HUMAN rights, *DELIBERATION, *CRITICS, *CULTURAL relativism, *RIGHTS
Abstract

The four principles of biomedical ethics are widely used in the world for bioethical deliberation. Therefore, it is understood that these theoretical guides are useful for the analysis and resolution of particularly complex ethical controversies arising in clinical and biomedical fields. This paper unfolds an analysis of the basic universal principles, the common universal morality, and some features of each principle. Then it discusses some problems posed by critics of European biolaw who have provided alternative frameworks of principles that are nonuniversal to culture. Finally, it shows how universal moral principles are connected to human rights, how rules and rights are specified to become detailed and practical for certain moralities, and how these ideas are connected with problems of justification in bioethics and biolaw. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020

2. ПОРЯТУНОК ПРАВ ЛЮДИНИ ВІД ПРАВА ПРАВ ЛЮДИНИ

Author

Тасіулас, Джон

Subjects
CIVIL rights, HUMAN rights, HUMAN beings, FAT, ETHICS, CULTURAL relativism
Abstract

Copyright of Philosophy of Law & General Theory of Law / Filosofia Prava i Zagal'na Teoria Prava is the property of Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Published
2020
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3. Perspectives on Culture, Values, and Justice

Author

Chandana Chakrabarti, Editor, Tommi Lehtonen, Editor, Chandana Chakrabarti, Editor, and Tommi Lehtonen, Editor

Subjects
Cultural relativism, Ethics, Multiculturalism, Justice, Human rights
Abstract

This book explores three central concepts, namely justice and human rights, ethics and values, and intercultural learning. These are important to everyone in a multicultural society and of special interest to students and scholars of philosophy, cultural studies, religious studies, and other related disciplines. In this volume, a pluralistic approach is adopted to examine ethical and value questions. Accordingly, readers will learn much from the interaction between Western and Eastern methods of ethical inquiry. The impetus for this collection of essays is the notion that cultural diversity represents a source of exchange, innovation and creativity. Consequently, cultural diversity is as critical for humankind as biodiversity is for nature. Furthermore, cultural diversity is a property of the entire community, just as biodiversity is a property of the entire ecosystem. Therefore, understanding and learning from cultural pluralism is as central to social and cultural stewardship as protection and restoration are to biological diversity. Within the pages of Perspectives on Culture, Values, and Justice readers will experience a growth in perspective and a greater understanding of issues of culture, value, and justice. A major starting point for these contemplations is that culture and values are integral to our identity and the essence of who we are and what we do.

Published
2015

4. Human rights and faith: a ‘world-wide secular religion’?

Author

Henri Feron

Subjects
Sociology and Political Science, Linguistic rights, Cultural relativism, media_common.quotation_subject, Foundation of Human Rights, Fundamental rights, Political science, Philosophy, Ethics, History, Legal Studies, sovereignty and human rights, Right to property, lcsh:Ethics, religion and human rights, universality of human rights, cultural relativism, lcsh:Political science (General), Sociology, lcsh:JA1-92, media_common, Human rights, Universality (philosophy), Environmental ethics, Rights of Nature, International human rights law, Law, Political Science and International Relations, lcsh:BJ1-1725
Abstract

While human rights are meant to represent a secular morality, there are surprising parallels to be drawn with religions. Perhaps most striking is the realization that human rights are actually based on faith, as was already recognized at the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This dependence on faith has deep implications for the way we understand and propagate them, because it puts rights in situations of epistemological stalemate vis-a-vis other cultural, religious, or ideological moral systems. This paper proposes to compare human rights doctrine to a religion to identify potential threats to its long-term credibility, and how to address them. In particular, it explains why coercive propagation of rights risks degenerating into a form of self-contradictory fundamentalism. Ultimately, the article argues for a return to the values of tolerance and mutual respect that rights actually stand for. Keywords: Foundation of Human Rights; sovereignty and human rights; religion and human rights; universality of human rights; cultural relativism (Published: 11 December 2014) Citation: Ethics & Global Politics, Vol. 7, No. 4, 2014, pp. 181–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/egp.v7.26262

Published
2014