
O que queremos dizer quando dizemos que um indivÃduo A tem direito a X? O artigo discute esta questão esclarecendo os fundamentos dos direitos (em particular, mas não só, dos direitos humanos) e a importância e o papel das pretensões de direito na avaliação normativa da ação polÃtica. O argumento é o de que esse esforço de esclarecimento é necessário à utilização eficaz da linguagem dos direitos. E oferece recursos suficientes para rejeitar três tipos de objeção muitas vezes feitas à noção de direitos humanos: a de que não é universalizável; a de individualismo moral; e a que sustenta que a avaliação da ação polÃtica, de teor conseqüencial, não comporta o recurso a princÃpios, tais como esses direitos acima de tudo são.What do we mean when we say that a person A has a right to X? The article discusses this question by outlining an account of the foundations of rights and of the significance and role of right claims in the normative evaluation of political action. The effectiveness of the language of rights, it is argued, depends on the availability of such an account. Moreover, it also allows to meet three major objections to the concept of Human Rights: its non universality; its moral individualism; and that of the act-consequencialist view according to which in evaluating political action no room is left to moral rules such as Human Rights.
Political science (General), Sociology (General), JA1-92, HM401-1281
Political science (General), Sociology (General), JA1-92, HM401-1281
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