Minimalism, Determinacy, and Human Rights

IF 0.4 Q3 LAW

Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI:10.1017/cjlj.2020.25

R. Simpson

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Abstract

According to a widely-shared view, human rights encompass a very limited range of ethical concerns: not all human interests, only urgent interests;1 not our preferences, only our needs;2 not all wrongs, only severe injustices;3 not a good life in the fullest sense, but only a minimally decent or autonomous life.4 In short, human rights are not about realizing the best, they are about shielding us from the worst. I will call this general theoretical stance Minimalism.

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极简主义、确定性和人权

根据一种广为接受的观点，人权所包含的伦理问题范围非常有限:不是所有人类的利益，而只是紧急的利益;不是我们的喜好，而只是我们的需要;不是所有的错误，而只是严重的不公正;不是完全意义上的美好生活，而只是最低限度的体面或自主的生活简而言之，人权不是为了实现最好的，而是为了保护我们免受最坏的影响。我把这种一般的理论立场称为极简主义。

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