The Hidden Face of Rights: Toward a Politics of Responsibilities (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300233292)

Why we cannot truly implement human rights unless we also recognize human responsibilities

When we debate questions in international law, politics, and justice, we often use the language of rights--and far less often the language of responsibilities. Human rights scholars and activists talk about state responsibility for rights, but they do not articulate clear norms about other actors' obligations. In this book, Kathryn Sikkink argues that we cannot truly implement human rights unless we also recognize and practice the corresponding human responsibilities.

Focusing on five areas--climate change, voting, digital privacy, freedom of speech, and sexual assault--and providing many examples of on-the-ground initiatives where people choose to embrace a close relationship between rights and responsibilities, Sikkink argues for the importance of responsibilities to any comprehensive understanding of political ethics and human rights.

Author: Kathryn Sikkink
ISBN-10: 0300233299
ISBN-13: 9780300233292
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/07/2020
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.00d