HUMA 1250 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Deontological Ethics, Richard Rorty, Immanuel Kant
5 Dec 2016
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Civil rights are possessed in virtue of belonging to a political community. Human rights are second class rights because they are less meaningful than political rights. Civil rights are spelled out in tangible and enforceable law. Human rights only emerge as a desperate plea once the claim for civil rights have failed. Emphasizes principally in communal responsibilities and needs of the group over an individual alone. Belief that individuals are indebted to serve their community; as an individual is only as strong as their community. Stresses importance of community in the functioning of political life and identity of individual; individuals encouraged to see their best interests reflected in the strength of the group i. e. charter. Over focus on individual threatens to override continuity and tradition of group. Recognize that individual comes from a group and that influence will always be there. Individual can acknowledge their autonomy but only through being aware of their social groups.
