The following accompanied the print article of “What are Human Rights” by Tim Dare (Issue #118, Philosophy Now). The piece discusses how far human rights claims can stretch as an outcome of social axioms & varied definitions, for example whether we consider rights as “right-based claims” or rights that exist simply by virtue of being human. It’s more complicated than one would think…

https://philosophynow.org/issues/118/What_Are_Human_Rights

Article penned by Tim Dare, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland,  New Zealand.