DISCRIMINATION, DEMOCRACY, AND POSTMODERN HUMAN RIGHTS

• Authors: Wypych Bartosz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The question of discrimination, as far as it is considered in the field of philosophy, cannot be perceived as a problem which can be effectively combated. Even the most precise diagnosis of human nature will not restrain people from defining others as evil and inferior. The most universal and spacious conventions, declarations, cards or bills will not solve the problem either. They can be regarded as an example of applied philosophy at most. On the other hand, we should pose the question what the world would look like if political pragmatism were the main obligatory rule. Thus, the situation finds us between philosophical wishful thinking about a global order free from discrimination and macro – or micropolitical pragmatism.

Keywords

EN

discrimination; human rights; democracy; post-modern society

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Polish Political Science Yearbook
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 42
• Pages: 163-184

Contributors

author

Wypych Bartosz

• Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

Identifiers

ISSN

0208-7375