One of the significant developments of the past century is the development of human rights. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (‘UDHR’) was a groundbreaking achievement, and has formed the starting point for many successful initiatives tackling injustice across the world.
But this focus on human rights also has a downside. Maybe another approach may have been more useful? It is arguable that concentrating on human rights, while it has produced a great amount of good, has been a side-track from a more productive perspective. Certainly, there are a number of problems associated with this approach.
See Rights and Obligations for more background to this conversation (https://just-human.net/articles/rights-and-obligations).
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