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The Social Construction of Human Rights and Two Different Perspectives: Ethical/Moral Construction and the Political Construction

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  • Çankaya University Journal of Law

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  • 2010

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Abstract (2. Language): 
For several decades, the emergence and development of Human Rights has been the subject of various disciplines and approaches such as Realism and Utilitarianism. However, the theory of Social Construction can also be applicable to analyze and understand Human Rights both as national and interna¬ tional phenomenon. In this line, the aim of this article is to deal with the subject within the theories, formu¬ lations and concepts of social constructionism. Depending on this relation, the article put forwards two basic claims. Firstly, as opposed to previous approaches, the Social Construction theory can explain the emergen¬ ce and development of Human Rights from ideational perspective. Secondly and more importantly, there are two dimensions in the struggles for construction of Human Rights; firstly the ethical/moral one realized by moral symbolic facts, norms, knowledge and the role/power of the states at legal base and secondly the political one realized by social movements, contingent struggles from below and public-political actions.
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Abstract (Original Language): 
Birkaç on yıldır, İnsan Hakları'nın ortaya çıkışı ve gelişimi, Realizm ya da Faydacılık gibi çeşitli disiplin ve yaklaşımlar tarafından konu edildi. Fakat Sosyal İnşacılık teorisi de, ulusal ve uluslararası bir olay olarak İnsan Hakları'nı analiz etmeye ve anlamaya uygun niteliktedir. Bu çizgide, makalenin amacı da, meseleyi Sosyal İnşacılık yaklaşımının teorileri, formülleri ve kavramları dâhilinde ele almaktır. Makalenin, bu ilişkilendirmeye dayanan iki temel iddiası vardır. Bu iddialardan ilki; daha önceki yaklaşımların aksine Sosyal İnşacılık teorisi, İnsan Hakları'nın ortaya çıkışı ve gelişimini düşünsel (ideational) bir temele oturtabileceğidir. İkincisi ve daha önemli olanı ise, İnsan Hakları'nın inşası için verilen mücadelenin iki kategoride değerlendirilebileceğidir. Bu kategorilerden ilki, ahlaki sembolik olgular, normlar ve bilgiler temelinde ve yasal gücü olan devletin rolüyle gerçekleşen etik/ahlaksal inşa; diğeri ise, daha ziyade sosyal hareketlerden, kamusal ve siyasi eylemler temelinde halktan da gelen olumsal mücadelelerle meşrulaşan politik inşadır.
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