Sobre los bienes básicos de John Finnis como fundamento para los bioderechos
ISSN: 0211-4526
Year of publication: 2020
Issue Title: Cuarenta años de la publicación de Natural Law and Natural Rights de John Finnis [II] (José Antonio Retamar, coord.)
Issue: 83
Pages: 463-490
Type: Article
More publications in: Persona y derecho: Revista de fundamentación de las Instituciones Jurídicas y de Derechos Humanos
Sustainable development goals
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to suggest that John Finnis’ basic goods may provide a reasonable basis for present-day bio-rights. To this end we start by recalling the present situation of human rights –which are not at their best, but rather in a situation of hyper-pluralistic fragmentation and proliferation– and their need for a foundation; in particular, for the so-called bio-rights. In the following, we will present the main aspects of John Finnis’ work regarding basic goods and their demands; especially their relationship with rights. To conclude, we will discuss if considering John Finnis’s basic goods as foundation for bio-rights would allow us to give a minimum of order and meaning in the mentioned landscape of proliferation and hyper-pluralism.
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