The Most Human Right
Why Free Speech Is Everything
(Sprache: Englisch)
A bold, groundbreaking argument by a world-renowned expert that unless we treat free speech as the fundamental human right, there can be no others.
What are human rights? Are they laid out definitively in the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human...
What are human rights? Are they laid out definitively in the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human...
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A bold, groundbreaking argument by a world-renowned expert that unless we treat free speech as the fundamental human right, there can be no others.What are human rights? Are they laid out definitively in the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights or the US Bill of Rights? Are they items on a checklist—dignity, justice, progress, standard of living, health care, housing? In The Most Human Right, Eric Heinze explains why global human rights systems have failed. International organizations constantly report on how governments manage human goods, such as fair trials, humane conditions of detention, healthcare, or housing. But to appease autocratic regimes, experts have ignored the primacy of free speech. Heinze argues that goods become rights only when citizens can claim them publicly and fearlessly: free speech is the fundamental right, without which the very concept of a “right” makes no sense.
Heinze argues that throughout history countless systems of justice have promised human goods. What, then, makes human rights different? What must human rights have that other systems have lacked? Heinze revisits the origins of the concept, exploring what it means for a nation to protect human rights, and what a citizen needs in order to pursue them. He explains how free speech distinguishes human rights from other ideas about justice, past and present.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Most Human Right “
1 Introductions 12 What is the "Human" of Human Rights? 11
3 The Invention of the Individual 25
4 Going Global 51
5 The Most Human Right 73
6 Do All Opinions Count? 101
7 Conclusion 125
Acknowledgments 131
Appendix: Universal Declaration of Human Rights 133
Notes 139
Works Cited 159
Index 179
Autoren-Porträt von Eric Heinze
Eric Heinze is Professor of Law and Humanities in the University of London and an internationally recognized authority on free speech and human rights. He is the author of Hate Speech and Democratic Citizenship, The Concept of Injustice,and other books. He is a frequent guest speaker on radio, on television, and online, and his opinion pieces have appeared in the Guardian, the Washington Post, and many other publications.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Eric Heinze
- 2023, 194 Seiten, Maße: 13,8 x 21,9 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: The MIT Press
- ISBN-10: 0262547244
- ISBN-13: 9780262547246
- Erscheinungsdatum: 19.09.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
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