Abstract
A ‘practical’ theory of human rights should make sense of two claims: a ‘practice claim’–that international human rights can fruitfully be regarded as an existing social practice–and an ‘authority claim’–that participants in the practice have reasons to adhere to its norms. I elaborate both of these claims in this paper, taking into account important developments in the empirical study of international human rights in the last decade.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9-28 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2022 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Philosophy
- Sociology and Political Science
Keywords
- Authority
- discourse
- effectiveness
- human rights
- mobilization
- practice
- problem-solving
- public doctrine