Book contents
- Humanitarianism and Human Rights
- Human Rights in History
- Humanitarianism and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Differences or Distinctions?
- 1 Human Rights and Humanitarianization
- 2 Suffering and Status
- 3 Humanitarianism and Human Rights in Morality and Practice
- 4 For a Fleeting Moment
- Part II Practices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - For a Fleeting Moment
The Short, Happy Life of Modern Humanism
from Part I - Differences or Distinctions?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2020
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Book contents
- Humanitarianism and Human Rights
- Human Rights in History
- Humanitarianism and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Differences or Distinctions?
- 1 Human Rights and Humanitarianization
- 2 Suffering and Status
- 3 Humanitarianism and Human Rights in Morality and Practice
- 4 For a Fleeting Moment
- Part II Practices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter argues, contrary to most of the other contributions, that for all their perceived differences human rights and humanitarianism are in fact indistinguishable in practice. That said, humanitarianism is more likely to survive the decline of liberalism than is human rights.
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- Humanitarianism and Human RightsA World of Differences?, pp. 89 - 104Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020