Theocentrism and Human Rights:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

منو

" Theocentrism and Human Rights: "
Andrew Fiala

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1082375
Doc. No	:	LA126004
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156852908X378170‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Andrew Fiala
Title & Author	:	Theocentrism and Human Rights: [Article] : A Critical Argument\ Andrew Fiala
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion Human Rights
Date	:	2008
Volume/ Issue Number	:	3/3
Page No	:	217–234
Abstract	:	Human rights discourse in the West has a deep connection to Christian theology and what might be called 'theocentrism.' This view locates human rights in the God-created order of the world—and not in the capacities of sentient beings. This article examines and criticizes some recent theocentric arguments. It focuses in particular on the claim made by some theocentric human rights defenders that secular individualism and democracy are wrong-headed and run counter to Christian theology. This article provides a critique of recent theocentric arguments about human rights and briefly discusses an alternative that locates rights in the capacities of sentient beings. Human rights discourse in the West has a deep connection to Christian theology and what might be called 'theocentrism.' This view locates human rights in the God-created order of the world—and not in the capacities of sentient beings. This article examines and criticizes some recent theocentric arguments. It focuses in particular on the claim made by some theocentric human rights defenders that secular individualism and democracy are wrong-headed and run counter to Christian theology. This article provides a critique of recent theocentric arguments about human rights and briefly discusses an alternative that locates rights in the capacities of sentient beings.
Descriptor	:	CAPABILITIES APPROACH
Descriptor	:	CHRISTIANITY
Descriptor	:	HUMAN RIGHTS
Descriptor	:	HUMANISM
Descriptor	:	NUSSBAUM
Descriptor	:	PERRY
Descriptor	:	SINGER
Descriptor	:	SPECIESISM
Descriptor	:	WOLTERSTORFF
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156852908X378170‬