Religion and Human Rights Thick and Thin
Journal Title: The Journal of Human Rights - Year 2013, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Communitarians as the critics of liberalism involve a spectrum from the left (such as A. McIntyre) to the right (such as M. Walzer). They are Concentrated on some concepts such as "self", "tradition" and "particularism". One of their critiques in ethics and human rights is that these two spheres should be enriched by culture and tradition. For this reason, they consider liberalism as a school of thought which believes in thin human rights. It seems that religious and Islamic point of view is closer to communitarianism than liberalism. چکیده جماعت‌گرایان ناقد لیبرالیسم هستند و طیفی از جناح چپ غیرلیبرال (همانند السدیر مک‌اینتایر) تا جناح جماعت‌گرای لیبرال (همانند مایکل والزر) را در بر می‌گیرند. آن‌ها با تأکید بر مفاهیمی مثل «خود»، «سنت» و «خاص‌گرایی» (در مقابل جهانشمول‌گرایی) با لیبرالیسم مرزبندی می‌کنند. یکی از مهم‌ترین نقدهای ایشان در حوزه اخلاق و حقوق بشر آن است که این دو حوزه باید به وسیله فرهنگ و سنت غنی و فربه شوند. به همین دلیل است که اخلاق و حقوق بشر لیبرالی را نحیف می‌دانند. به نظر می‌رسد رویکرد دینی و به خصوص رویکرد اسلامی، در این نقدها با جماعت‌گرایان نقاط اشتراک زیادی داشته باشند.
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Seyyed Sadegh Haghighat
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