Liberalism and Human Rights – A View through the Looking-Glass Cover Image

Liberalizam i ljudska prava – pogled na problem s druge strane ogledala
Liberalism and Human Rights – A View through the Looking-Glass

Author(s): Mirza Čerkez
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Political Philosophy, Government/Political systems
Published by: Univerzitet u Sarajevu
Keywords: liberalism; human rights; the problem of universals; morality; relativism

Summary/Abstract: The author's intention is to offer in this paper an informative historical reading on the conduct of liberalism throughout history, with a brief overview of the doctrine of human rights as its offspring and point out the problems arising from their practical (mis)application by people who consider themselves liberals due to their misunderstanding of ideology’s internal contradictions: plasticity and corrigibility of the primary principles of liberalism and ways to overcome them.

  • Issue Year: LXIII/2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 93-112
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Bosnian