The duties associated with human rights

Stephanie Collins

doi:10.4324/9781003644828-4

The duties associated with human rights

Stephanie Collins

Philosophy

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This chapter begins by explaining why it is important to attend to duties when theorizing human rights. It then assesses four constraints on the duties associated with human rights: the constraints of correlativity, ability, agency, and demandingness. Finally, it compares two approaches to the duties associated with human rights: practice-based approaches and naturalistic approaches. It concludes that both approaches successfully produce duties, though neither abides by all four constraints.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights
Editors	Jessy Tomalty, Kerri Woods
Place of Publication	Abingdon Oxon UK
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	2
Pages	23-37
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9781040401798
ISBN (Print)	9781032221380
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003644828-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2025

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