Published
2010-06-01

Derechos humanos como derechos del otro en Lévinas

HUMAN RIGHTS AS RIGHTS OF THE OTHER IN LéVINAS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15332/s0120-8462.2010.0103.08
Edgar Antonio López
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana y Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
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Abstract (en)

Traditional formulation of Human Rights is based on freedom and equality, but Emmnauel Lévinas makes absolute difference the source and the ground of those rights. Human Rights appear as the Rights of the Other and extend responsibility so as to endanger own freedom. The first part of this writing shows how concern for Human Rights was constant in Lévinas existence and though. The second part is devoted to explaining levinasian
fundamentals of Human Rights based on illeity.

Key words: Human Rights, Illeity, Other, ontology, ethics, responsibility, human dignity.

Abstract (es)

La formulación tradicional de los derechos humanos se basa en la libertad y la igualdad, pero Emmanuel Lévinas hace de la diferencia absoluta la fuente y el fundamento de tales derechos. Los Derechos Humanos aparecen entonces como los derechos del Otro y extienden el alcance de la responsabilidad hasta comprometer la propia libertad. La primera parte de este trabajo muestra cómo la preocupación por los derechos humanos fue una
constante en la existencia y el pensamiento de Lévinas. La  segunda parte está dedicada a exponer la fundamentación levinasiana de los derechos humanos con base en la illeidad.

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López, E. A. (2010). HUMAN RIGHTS AS RIGHTS OF THE OTHER IN LéVINAS. Cuadernos De Filosofía Latinoamericana, 31(103), 107-114. https://doi.org/10.15332/s0120-8462.2010.0103.08

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