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“The so-called minorities, for example, need to recognize that, at bottom, they are the majority. The way to assume as majority is working on the similarities between themselves and not just the differences and thus create unity in diversity, out of which I don’t see how to perfect themselves and even how to build up a substantive democracy, radical.”
(Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of Hope)
This volume focuses on the ethical significance of human rights, aiming at contributing to a universal culture of human rights with deep roots and wide horizons. Its purpose, scope and rationale are reflected in the three-part structure of the manuscript. Part I has a broad introductory historical, theoretical and legal character. Part II submits that an Ethics of Human Rights is best understood as an Ethics of Recognition of human worth, dignity and rights. Moreover, it is argued that human worth consists in the perfectibility of the human species, rooted in its semiotic nature, to be accomplished through the perfecting of human beings, for which the right to education is key. In Part III, the main legal and political outcomes of the Human Rights Revolution are described and answers to the most lasting and common criticisms of human rights are provided.
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