Transcendental exchange, justice andhuman rights in Otfried Höffe

Authors

  • Robinson dos Santos Universidade Federal de Pelotas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2011.1.9296

Keywords:

Justice, human rights, transcendental interests, contractualism, Otfried Höffe.

Abstract

One of the major problems posed by the human rights issue to philosophy is its philosophical foundation. The background of this discussion raises questions such as: how can one philosophically explain / justify the demand for human rights recognition? This paper focuses on the argumentative basis on which Höffe structures his proposal. For him human rights are closely connected to the concept of justice. This concept must be understood primarily as an exchange (Gerechtigkeit als Tausch). Although the concept seems simple, it offers many difficulties regarding its foundation.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

Robinson dos Santos, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Doutor em Filosofia pela Universidade de Kassel, Alemanha. Professor Adjunto no Departamento de Filosofia da Universidade Federal de Pelotas, RS, Brasil.

Published

2011-04-30

How to Cite

Santos, R. dos. (2011). Transcendental exchange, justice andhuman rights in Otfried Höffe. Veritas (Porto Alegre), 56(1). https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2011.1.9296