LS101 Lecture Notes - Cybernetics, Legal Personality, Legal Fiction
15 Dec 2013
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The aim of human rights: human rights stem from shared humanity, respect expressed through rights, rights arise after world war ll genocide, central to genocide: dehumanization. Might involve animalization (treat humans like animals), infantalization (reducing someone to an infantal state: " united nations" universal declaration of human rights (1948, after world war ll) *refer to the universal declaration of human rights* Article 1: all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards on another in a spirit of brotherhood. Article 6: everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. Note: universal right to be recognized as a legal person : human rights help battle the forces of dehumanization (p. 174, by limiting scope of personhood , much damage can be done. Blurring of the human : problem of categorization continues.
