The Social Dimension of Rights
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2013
ISSN
1467-9833
Publisher
Wiley
Language
en-US
Abstract
This paper proceeds as follows. First, I will contrast the social recognition that is essential to legal rights with the social recognition that is presupposed by rights within conventional morality. Then I will discuss a problem for social recognition theses—the fact that each of us typically belongs to a variety of real social groups. Finally, I will critically examine Darby’s argument for revising our concept of a moral right so that social recognition is required.
Recommended Citation
David B. Lyons,
The Social Dimension of Rights
,
44
Journal of Social Philosophy
43
(2013).
Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1111/josp.12010
