Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index.
Contents:
The charisma of reason : the genesis of human rights -- Punishment and respect : the sacralization of the person and the forces threatening it -- Violence and human dignity : how experiences become rights -- Neither Kant nor Nietzsche : what is affirmative genealogy? -- Soul and gift : the human being as image and child of God -- Value generalization : the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the plurality of cultures.
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