Berlin’s Articulation of Value Pluralism and Human Rights

Subject Areas : Journal of Law and Politics

مسعود  Rostami ¹ (ندارد)

Received: 2015-03-02 Accepted : 2015-03-02 Published : 2005-04-21

Keywords: Agonistic Liberalism, Value Pluralism, Negative&#x0D, &#x0D, Liberty, Human rights, realism,

Abstract :

After the downfall of the Soviet Union and the impact ofglobalization, universalist democray has become the focus ofattention. Given the intensification of universal civil society andmuch of the progress in establishment of democratic govrenments the implications of human right has become a significant subject ofthe debate. The prominance of human rights from all side developedwith different kind of interpretations. Isaiah Berlin as the renownedpolitical and moral thinker of the age, has realized his task as oneof contributing to this idea. Comparing him with later liberals, hisaccount of human rights remains unexplored. In Beriln’s most explicitaccount, the national law doctrine is presented as unrestricted. In thisarticle, the author attempts to conclude with a brief discussion of theconception of human rights flowing from the value pluralism. Centralto this improvement of classical liberalism through the agonistic one,what is special about Berlin’s version of value pluralism, which leds tothe promotion of human rights?