论人权的相对普遍性

The Relative Universality of Human Rights

作为国际政治方案的人权与普遍性的主张联系紧密。然而,人们对人权普遍性的抨击仍旧是普遍存在的。的确,一些版本的普遍主义在理论上是站不住脚的,在政治上是险恶的,或是两者兼有的。人权的普遍性及相对性都具有多重意涵,应当分析人权在多大程度上能够(不能)被看作是普遍的,同时又在多大程度上能够(不能)被看作是相对的。在此基础上,重点阐述人权的"相对普遍性"的观点。

Human rights as an international political project are closely tied to claims of universality.Attacks on the universality of human rights,however,are also widespread.And some versions of universalism are indeed theoretically indefensible,politically pernicious,or both.This essay explores the senses in which human rights can(and cannot)be said to be universal,the senses in which they are(and are not)relative,and argues for the"relative universality"of internationally recognized human rights.