political philosophy

No Entry: The Evils of Social Deprivation

Kimberley Brownlee human rights, political philosophy, post-individualism, social deprivation, social relations, social rights 3 June 2013

Professor Kimberley Brownlee

ISRF EARLY CAREER FELLOW 2014

Debates about human rights neglect social rights. By ‘social rights’, I do not mean economic rights, such as basic subsistence, health, and education, which have received considerable attention. By ‘social rights’, I mean the rights that protect our fundamental interpersonal, associative, and community-membership needs irrespective of our economic circumstances. The project aims to remedy the neglect of these social needs by exploring 1) the theoretical and practical credentials of social human rights, and 2) the ethics and politics of sociability in acknowledging such rights. The project aims to show that we have more reason to attend to each other’s interpersonal needs than liberal thinking tends to recognise.

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