Adaptation – A model for bringing human rights and religions together
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Date
2015
Authors
Kirchschlaeger, Peter G.
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Publisher
University of the Free State
Abstract
From the perspective of a collective – e.g. a religion, culture, tradition, society, or
civilisation, human rights can seem to be an individualistic approach undermining the
community. This negative view of human rights can be enhanced by the claim of the
universality of human rights provoking connotations of imperialism, colonialism, and
neo-liberal globalisation. The call for a “universal culture of human rights”, which can
sound like the striving for a uniform culture, also strengthens these fears. Finally, a
philosophical and social discourse about the groundings of human rights faces the
challenge that human rights are defined as “un hecho del mundo” (Rabossi 1990: 161)
– as a “fact of the world” – neglecting the need for a justification of human rights.
Based on an analysis of the relation between human rights and religions, the following
article will discuss the above-mentioned misunderstandings and deliberate on human
rights as a “steering notion” of social theory and philosophy in their interaction
with religions.
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Keywords
Human rights, Religion, Social theory, Philosophy
Citation
Kirchschlaeger, P. G. (2015). Adaptation-a model for bringing human rights and religions together. Acta Academica, 47(2), 163-191.