Against Human Rights

Before the pitchforks and torches are raised, this is a recapitulation of pre-existing criticisms of the idea of human rights, as well as my stance on them. If it is a philosopher's duty to examine and at times attack what is sacrosanct in order to find what has been overlooked, why, and the idea's uses and abuses, then few things are more deserving of examination than the classically liberal notion of human rights. Whether they are kept or gotten rid of, at the very least, their criticisms must be dealt with.