Abstract
According to the well-known “claimability objection” posed by O’Neill, it is unjustified to hold that each individual has a human right to socioeconomic goods because the duty-bearers are not sufficiently determined. Even though this objection has been defended in the literature from many counter-arguments, at-tacks against the claimability objection based on non-conventional conceptions of human rights remain unexplored. In this paper, I aim to fill this significant gap in the philosophical literature. I defend the claimability objection from arguments that aim to undermine such an objection on the basis of non-conventional conceptions of human rights. By doing so, I reinforce the defence of the claimability objection.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 173-192 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Prolegomena |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 21 Dec 2022 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Claimability objection
- O’Neill
- global justice
- human right to socioeconomic goods
- human rights