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Grounding Human Rights in Human Nature

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Authors:
  1. Szymon Mazurkiewicz

    1. Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

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  • Provides an account of the foundations of human rights in light of the contemporary analytic metaphysics
  • Explores how the debate on the foundations of human rights can be seen in a naturalised way
  • Connects the latest findings of evolutionary psychology with the discussion on the foundations of human rights

Part of the book series: Law and Philosophy Library (LAPS, volume 142)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Szymon Mazurkiewicz
    Pages 1-16

  3. Contemporary Approaches in the Philosophy of Human Rights

    • Szymon Mazurkiewicz
    Pages 17-48

  4. Entities in Philosophy of Human Rights

    • Szymon Mazurkiewicz
    Pages 49-97

  5. Contemporary Analytic Metaphysics

    • Szymon Mazurkiewicz
    Pages 99-118

  6. Supervenience Account

    • Szymon Mazurkiewicz
    Pages 119-138

  7. Metaphysical Grounding Account

    • Szymon Mazurkiewicz
    Pages 139-182

  8. Problems, Objections and Consequences

    • Szymon Mazurkiewicz
    Pages 183-215

  9. Summary

    • Szymon Mazurkiewicz
    Pages 217-221
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What does it mean that human rights derive from human dignity? And what is the foundation of human dignity? How are human dignity and its foundation connected? Is the recent development of natural sciences dealing with human nature, like evolutionary psychology, relevant to these questions? 
The book addresses these points by connecting the discussion on the foundations of human rights with the recent claims regarding human nature made in evolutionary psychology, and with contemporary analytic metaphysics, especially the relation of metaphysical grounding. It offers in-depth insights into the so-called naturalistic approach to human rights, together with detailed proposals on how the approach could be truly naturalized in the philosophical sense. It shows how human rights and human dignity may have foundations in natural facts about human nature and offers a detailed analysis of how the “is” / “ought” gap problematic can be solved.
The book also addressesthe objection of Western ethnocentrism – unlike most of the contemporary philosophical accounts of human rights, which draw on highly individualistic Western concepts, it employs concepts like altruism and cooperation. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

    Szymon Mazurkiewicz

About the author

Szymon Mazurkiewicz specialises in philosophy of law, especially in philosophy of human rights. He defended his PhD in law with distinction in 2021 at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow. He holds master in law with distinction received from Jagiellonian University, he also studied philosophy. He received two grants from Polish National Science Centre focused on the philosophy of human rights.  

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