The Universality of Human Rights: A Reflection on Human and Non-Human Animal Similarities

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.31577/pravnyobzor.specialissue.2023.02" target="_blank" >10.31577/pravnyobzor.specialissue.2023.02</a>

Jazyk výsledku

čeština

Název v původním jazyce

The Universality of Human Rights: A Reflection on Human and Non-Human Animal Similarities

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

While natural rights are typically understood as applying only to humans, there are in fact no suitable criteria which justify such an assumption. Indeed, arguments from marginal cases show that characteristics which are considered innately human are not in fact shared by all humans and can even be identified in some non-human animals. However, if we try to dismiss the issue by implying that the fact of being human is itself a sufficient criterion, the problem of evolutionary theory then arises, with the gradual evolution of the human species suggesting that several different human species coexisted at some point in the past. In order to ensure the universality of human rights, we must draw the line not only in the present but also in the past, and in this context it would seem logical to extend natural rights to non-human animals. However, regardless of the criteria which we apply to this issue, it remains problematic to justify why the ones we have chosen are relevant to the existence of natural rights.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Universality of Human Rights: A Reflection on Human and Non-Human Animal Similarities

Popis výsledku anglicky

While natural rights are typically understood as applying only to humans, there are in fact no suitable criteria which justify such an assumption. Indeed, arguments from marginal cases show that characteristics which are considered innately human are not in fact shared by all humans and can even be identified in some non-human animals. However, if we try to dismiss the issue by implying that the fact of being human is itself a sufficient criterion, the problem of evolutionary theory then arises, with the gradual evolution of the human species suggesting that several different human species coexisted at some point in the past. In order to ensure the universality of human rights, we must draw the line not only in the present but also in the past, and in this context it would seem logical to extend natural rights to non-human animals. However, regardless of the criteria which we apply to this issue, it remains problematic to justify why the ones we have chosen are relevant to the existence of natural rights.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50501 - Law

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Právny obzor

ISSN

2729-9228

e-ISSN

0032-6984

Svazek periodika

106

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

Special Issue

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

21-40

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85184882616