The teachings of John Paul II and the paradoxes of the right to life in the International Human Rights discourse
The right to life has a unique and outstanding importance in the International Human Rights Law. However, at the same time, this right suffers from new threats and contradictions. In this paper, I will address these paradoxes, concerning the moment, in which the legal protection of the human being...
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The right to life has a unique and outstanding importance in the International Human Rights Law. However, at the same time, this right suffers from new threats and contradictions. In this paper, I will address these paradoxes, concerning the moment, in which the legal protection of the human being begins; the tendency to accommodate the beginning of life to biotechnological interests; the manipulation of language, as well as the relativization of the right to life and the pretensions of justifying abortion and euthanasia as a requirement of the right to life. I will offer an assessment of these paradoxes in the light of the Magisterium of John Paul II, and I will end with four signs of hope and commitment at the beginning of the 21st century in relation to the protection of the right to life.
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| spelling | doaj-art-1fe63b1c8a174ae48352c97e5eb328f62025-02-01T08:46:44ZdeuCardinal Stefan Wyszynski University PressChrześcijaństwo-Świat-Polityka1896-90382719-84052023-12-012710.21697/CSP.2023.27.1.05The teachings of John Paul II and the paradoxes of the right to life in the International Human Rights discourseJorge Nicolás Lafferriere The right to life has a unique and outstanding importance in the International Human Rights Law. However, at the same time, this right suffers from new threats and contradictions. In this paper, I will address these paradoxes, concerning the moment, in which the legal protection of the human being begins; the tendency to accommodate the beginning of life to biotechnological interests; the manipulation of language, as well as the relativization of the right to life and the pretensions of justifying abortion and euthanasia as a requirement of the right to life. I will offer an assessment of these paradoxes in the light of the Magisterium of John Paul II, and I will end with four signs of hope and commitment at the beginning of the 21st century in relation to the protection of the right to life. https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/csp/article/view/13812John Paul IIRight to Lifeabortioneuthanasia |
| spellingShingle | Jorge Nicolás Lafferriere The teachings of John Paul II and the paradoxes of the right to life in the International Human Rights discourse Chrześcijaństwo-Świat-Polityka John Paul II Right to Life abortion euthanasia |
| title | The teachings of John Paul II and the paradoxes of the right to life in the International Human Rights discourse |
| title_full | The teachings of John Paul II and the paradoxes of the right to life in the International Human Rights discourse |
| title_fullStr | The teachings of John Paul II and the paradoxes of the right to life in the International Human Rights discourse |
| title_full_unstemmed | The teachings of John Paul II and the paradoxes of the right to life in the International Human Rights discourse |
| title_short | The teachings of John Paul II and the paradoxes of the right to life in the International Human Rights discourse |
| title_sort | teachings of john paul ii and the paradoxes of the right to life in the international human rights discourse |
| topic | John Paul II Right to Life abortion euthanasia |
| url | https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/csp/article/view/13812 |
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