The practice and its authority: an elaboration
- 14 December 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
- Vol. 25 (1), 1-20
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2020.1859220
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.This publication has 47 references indexed in Scilit:
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