Hayek's Critique Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights

Feldman, Jean-Philippe

doi:10.2202/1145-6396.1172

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“…True, the latter is ineffective; so was the former at least until the civil rights movement won the day—to the extent that it did. The United Nations Declaration met with the severe criticism of Friedrich Hayek (Feldman 1999). There is no need to defend Hayek to conclude that the question is controversial and to ask, before delving into the controversy, what criteria are available for deciding this matter and how is one to choose between them.…”

Section: What Liberties Are Basic?mentioning

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Toward a Fictionless Liberalism

Agassi

2015

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

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This Companion centers on the fictitious social contract that can be used to justify liberalism. As justification, the theory of the contract either fully justifies a regime as liberal or it fully condemns it as illiberal. This conflicts with the common recognition that liberalism is a matter of degree. John Rawls is taken as the leading light; yet at best the Companion manages to picture him as well-intended but hopelessly confusing.

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confidence: 99%