Monday, March 20, 2017

Right and Human

In the past century, the Human Right is a variety of Right that has become prominent.  Now, there is both an Atomist and an Organicist version of 'human': according to the former, it is a characteristic possessed by each of a set of entities, while according the latter, they possess it by virtue of being parts of the human species.  Plainly, Human Right is an Atomist concept, since it presupposes an inherent antagonism amongst the members of a society that prompts the establishment of such a protective measure. In contrast, in the context of a society in which each member recognizes each other as a part of the same whole, no such protection is necessary, as is evinced in smaller Wholes, e. g. an orchestra, a sports team, etc.  So, the effort to have each Human qua Human treated with dignity, is undermined by evoking a 'right' to such treatment.

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