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Feminist reformulations of human rights

Feminist reformulations of human rights AbstractFor feminist philosophers it is important to consider how the language of human rights can be used to support women’s issues and how well it is established in political institutions. However, they suggest that human rights should be reformulated and supplemented with other ethical frameworks to ensure that injustices to women are not neglected. The aim of this paper is to argue that Nussbaum’s capability approach can take into account feminists’ insights into rationality, care and context to reform and to supplement the universal framework of rights. Finally I will illustrate Nussbaum’s claim that human rights and capabilities need to complement each other through a discussion of the Brazilian case. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Affairs de Gruyter

Feminist reformulations of human rights

Tonetto, Milene Consenso
Human Affairs , Volume 29 (3): 17 – Jul 1, 2019
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© 2019 Institute for Research in Social Communication, Slovak Academy of Sciences
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10.1515/humaff-2019-0026
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Abstract

AbstractFor feminist philosophers it is important to consider how the language of human rights can be used to support women’s issues and how well it is established in political institutions. However, they suggest that human rights should be reformulated and supplemented with other ethical frameworks to ensure that injustices to women are not neglected. The aim of this paper is to argue that Nussbaum’s capability approach can take into account feminists’ insights into rationality, care and context to reform and to supplement the universal framework of rights. Finally I will illustrate Nussbaum’s claim that human rights and capabilities need to complement each other through a discussion of the Brazilian case.

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Human Affairs – de Gruyter

Published: Jul 1, 2019

Keywords: Nussbaum’s capability account; universal values; human rights; feminism; equality

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