The Future of the Four Dimensions of Human Rights
... the pessimistic and optimistic forecasts are equally possible in the theory of human rights. Recognizing that human rights have become a major component of our philosophical landscape and political environment C. Douzinas notes that while political liberalism was the progenitor of rights, its philosophy has been less successful in explaning their nature [3] . The future of human rights as an ideology depends on the way we define the goal, for which we need human rights. For Aristotle and Plato the goal of human rights was the achievement of justice, and human rights existed for the community rather than for an individual....