A relational theory of dignity and human rights : an alternative to autonomy

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dc.contributor.author Metz, Thaddeus
dc.date.accessioned 2024-09-09T09:26:35Z
dc.date.issued 2024-07
dc.description.abstract In this article I draw on resources from the Global South, and particularly the African philosophical tradition, to construct a theory of human rights grounded on dignity that presents a challenge to globally dominant, autonomy-based approaches. Whereas the latter conceive of human rights violations as degradations of our rational nature, the former does so in terms of degradations of our capacity to be party to harmonious or friendly relationships. Although I have in the past presented the basics of this relational approach, in this article I present new argumentation in support of it. I defend it from criticism and also go on the offensive by arguing that understanding the human rights violations of torture and rape to be (roughly) behavior that treats innocent parties in an extremely discordant or unfriendly way is, if not more plausible than standard Kantian understandings, at least a promising alternative to them. en_US
dc.description.department Philosophy en_US
dc.description.embargo 2026-06-17
dc.description.librarian hj2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-16:Peace,justice and strong institutions en_US
dc.description.uri https://academic.oup.com/monist en_US
dc.identifier.citation Thaddeus Metz, A Relational Theory of Dignity and Human Rights: An Alternative to Autonomy, The Monist, Volume 107, Issue 3, July 2024, Pages 211–224, https://doi.org/10.1093/monist/onae009. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0026-9662 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2153-3601 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1093/monist/onae009
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/98080
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Oxford University Press en_US
dc.rights © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : A Relational Theory of Dignity and Human Rights: An Alternative to Autonomy, The Monist, Volume 107, Issue 3, July 2024, Pages 211–224, https://doi.org/10.1093/monist/onae009. The definite version is available at : https://academic.oup.com/jcsl. en_US
dc.subject Global South en_US
dc.subject Arican philosophical tradition en_US
dc.subject Human rights en_US
dc.subject Dignity en_US
dc.subject SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions en_US
dc.title A relational theory of dignity and human rights : an alternative to autonomy en_US
dc.type Postprint Article en_US


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