Libéralisme politique et universalisme juridique: Droits des gens et droits de l'homme selon John Rawls

Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale 101 (2):169-188 (1996)
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Abstract

L'application de la théorie rawlsienne de la Justice comme équité à la construction d'un Droit des gens permet d'établir à quelles conditions, mais aussi à quel prix, l'idée de droits de l'homme pourrait être rendue indépendante de toute représentation métaphysique de l'homme, pour être présentée comme une condition nécessaire de la construction d'une société internationale. Le refus d'une telle idée ne pourrait plus, dès lors, s'autoriser de la relativité des conceptions métaphysiques et des traditions culturelles mais il serait perçu comme une pure et simple déclaration d'hostilité à l'endroit du reste du monde. The extension of Rawl's Theory of Justice as Fairness to the construction of the Law of People shows what could be the conditions but also the price to make the idea of human rights free of any dependance to a peculiar metaphysical conception of human beings, the respect of such basic rights being conceived as a necessary condition for the construction of a society of nations. For any political society, not honoring such basic rights could no longer be viewed as an effect of the relativity of metaphysical conceptions or cultural traditions, but as a mere declaration of hostility towards the rest of the world.

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Stephane Chauvier
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