This expression fell out of use, to be replaced by “human rights”, still employed today, precisely to try to overcome the criticism led by Bentham. He himself used the term “natural rights”. In legal-political theory, in Bentham’s time, human rights were not spoken of. He had already participate (.)ģ Before beginning, I wish to clarify the terms used, at least minimally. 5 This is not the first time that Bentham was concerned with this subject.The work was Falacias Anárquicas, published in France as Tactique des assemblées legislatives suivie d’un traité des sophismes politiques, 1 which would not be published in English until its inclusion in Bowring’s posthumous edition of Bentham’s works between 18, 2 although it was written in the 1790’s. In fact, on that date the originator of legal positivism (and its most coherent and enthusiastic exponent) published for the first time, in French and in an edition due to Étienne Dumont of Geneva, his condemnation of the declaration of rights of the French Revolution. 104.ġ In 1816, immediately after Waterloo and at the beginning of the Bourbon restoration in France, Jeremy Bentham signed the death warrant of human rights. 2 Sophismes Anarchiques has been published, with its original title, in the critical edition see J.Laroche, Darmstadt, 1969 (reprinted from Brussel (.)
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |