Towards a philosophical foundation of human rights in contemporaneity

Abstract

Using bibliographical review and analysis, this article seeks to elaborate upon the philosophical foundations of Human Rights. In order to do so, we conducted a research regarding the jusnaturalist, positivist, moralist and negationist schools in order to present aspects of converging 'concentric circles'. This structure enables the possibility of a shared philosophical foundation of Human Rights instead of multiple theoretical misconceptions emerging from each theory read individually. There is therefore a lesser risk of leading such theories and their interpretations into anachronism and stasis.