Human rights

Authors

  • John R. Searle

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/rdp.86.2013.12129

Keywords:

deontic powers, institutions, institutional facts, status functions, right, obligation, duty, entitlement, authorization, universal human rights, negative and positive rights, free speech, human nature, absolute rights, conditional rights, prima facie rights,

Abstract

This article is mostly about nature of and the relations among institutions, institutional facts, status functions, and deontic powers. Prominent among the nouns that name these deontic power is «right,» along with others such as «obligation,» «duty,» «entitlement,» and «authorization.» Most of the rights that one can think of exist within institutions. It is generally agreed that there area such things as human rights, even universal human rights that I do not have in virtue of my institutional memberships, such as the rights of a citizen, a professor, or a husband; but rights that I have solely in virtue of being a human being. How can there be such things?

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Published

2013-04-01

How to Cite

Searle, J. R. (2013). Human rights. Revista de Derecho Político, 1(86). https://doi.org/10.5944/rdp.86.2013.12129

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Section

ESTUDIOS/STUDIES

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