Democracy and Human Rights: The Contemporaneous Globality of Human Rights

DOKULIL, Miloš. Democracy and Human Rights: The Contemporaneous Globality of Human Rights. The Bi-Monthly Journal of the BWW Society. Internet: The BWW Society, 2003, III., No 2, p. 1-17.

Basic information

Original name

Democracy and Human Rights: The Contemporaneous Globality of Human Rights

Name in Czech

Demokracie a lidská práva. Současná globalita lidských práv

Authors

DOKULIL, Miloš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

The Bi-Monthly Journal of the BWW Society, Internet, The BWW Society, 2003

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Informatics

Keywords in English

human/civic rights; natural/moral rights; 5 levels of interaction; social contract; rights and duties; categories of "human rights"; 4 phases of welfare; cultural tradition; the first six years of human life; globalization; insufficiently articulated responsibility

Tags

4 phases of welfare, 5 levels of interaction, categories of "human rights", cultural tradition, globalization, human/civic rights, insufficiently articulated responsibility, natural/moral rights, rights and duties, social contract

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Abstract

V originále

The notion of human rights seems either too awkward to be discussed, or -- where such rights are not observed --too remote to be useful. There is a strange necessity to continually redefine the sequence of the priorities taken as "human/civic rights" and their value. Owing to the actual, rather problematic economic, cultural and informational globalization the complex of human rights can become a sensitive point of worldwide integration. If anything is a "right", it should not be very ennobling to have to strive for it. The contribution enumerates some major "human rights" and several hindrances preventing their realization. In the West four historical phases of welfare have prevented the worst social clashes. The Achilles' heel in evaluating "human rights" can surely be found in the insufficiently articulated responsibility for their both local and global fulfillment.

In Czech

Termín "lidská práva" může být nejednou problematický. Stává se nejednou citlivým pro případný proces světové integrace. V příspěvku jsou vytčena významnější "lidská práva" i překážky k jejich uplatnění. Na Západě čtyři fáze tzv. "welfare" zabránily nejhorším sociálním střetům. Achilleovou patou "lidských práv" zřejmě je nedostatečně artikulovaná zodpovědnost za jejich naplnění, lokálně i globálně.