The Changing Notion of Rights: A Critical Analysis
Journal Title: Research Journal of Philosophy & Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 1
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to introduce and examine different philosophical approaches to rights. One reason, why it is important is because, it is helpful to get a sense of the way arguments about rights have emerged over time according to different circumstances and contexts. A philosophical survey of theories of rights helps us to see the complexity and diversity of arguments about rights. This can help protect us against an overly reductive or simplistic approach that some critics and even defenders of rights often take. More importantly, it sheds light on the way conceptual change can occur in light of practical and political-circumstances. This paper begins with the notion of rights in ‘the state of nature’ propounded by social contract theorist and discusses more recent notion proposed by several contemporary thinkers.
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Abhishek Kumar
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