A Personalistic Approach to Human Rights: Shifting Prevailing Philosophical Assumptions

• Autores: Gabriela García Escobar
• Localización: Persona y derecho: Revista de fundamentación de las Instituciones Jurídicas y de Derechos Humanos, ISSN 0211-4526, Nº. 85, 2021
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.15581/011.85.002
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  • español

    El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las presuposiciones filosóficas predominantes en las interpretaciones de los derechos humanos y cómo éstas han brindado una visión reduccionista y parcial del ser humano y del concepto de racionalidad. Este paradigma excluye las experiencias y las inquietudes morales de un segmento significante de la población global, y también evita abordar las demandas subyacentes detrás de los debates sobre derechos humanos. En respuesta a esta situación, este artículo introducirá un enfoque filosófico personalista como una alternativa capaz de explicar de qué manera el concepto de ‘persona’, como un ser relacional, puede enriquecer la racionalidad predominante en el Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos. Esta investigación sugiere que prestando atención a las relaciones intersubjetivas, a los significados, y a un concepto más amplio de ‘experiencias humanas’, se puede proveer una comprensión más profunda sobre la persona humana y se ayuda a formular discusiones sobre derechos humanos en términos más diversos e inclusivos.

  • English

    The aim of this article is to analyze the prevailing philosophical presuppositions in human rights interpretations and how they provide a reductionist and partial vision of the human person and of rationality. This paradigm excludes the experiences and moral concerns of a significant segment of the global population and avoids engaging with the underlying claims behind human rights debates. In response to such a situation, this paper will introduce a personalistic philosophical approach to human rights as an alternative capable of explaining how the concept of ‘person’, as a relational self, can enrich the prevailing rationality in International Human Rights Law. The research suggests that looking at inter-subjective relationships, meaning, and an enlarged concept of ‘human experiences’ can provide a deeper understanding of the human person and it can help to frame human rights discussions in more diversified and inclusive terms.

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