Los derechos humanos y sus adversarios
ISSN: 1316-7939
Datum der Publikation: 2022
Nummer: 37
Seiten: 183-214
Art: Artikel
Zusammenfassung
The present paper summarises several studies regarding criticism towards the idea of human rights that the author has been conducting over the last years. Special attention is paid to the classic critics by E. Burke, J. Bentham, and K. Marx, but also to the current objections that represent an update of the former in a certain way: those critics coming from cultural relativism, legal positivism and anti-imperialism. The study and assessment of such a powerful arsenal of critics allows to reach the conclusion that the human rights doctrine is still essentially valid, even if it needs certain corrections, and that it must continue shedding light on the complex evolution of humankind.