Why is it Disrespectful to Violate Rights?

• Autores: Rowan Cruft
• Localización: Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, ISSN-e 1467-9264, Vol. 113, Nº. 2 (pt2), 2013, págs. 201-224
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Violating a person's rights is disrespectful to that person. This is because it is disrespectful to someone to violate duties owed to that person. I call these �directed duties�; they are the flipside of rights. The aim of this paper is to consider why directed duties and respect are linked, and to highlight a puzzle about this linkage, a puzzle arising from the fact that many directed duties are justified independently of whether they do anything for those to whom they are owed.