American International Journal of Social Science

On Social Rights: Some Premises for A New Approach
Rodrigo Garcia Schwarz

Abstract
From the point of view of human rights, what we are seeking in this paper is to expose some of the premises for a new approach to social rights. If we think about the absolute supremacy of human life, a life that, to be understood as such, must be a life lived with dignity, we have to think about life from a material point of view and, therefore, in a priority status to the so-called “social” rights, since social rights (economic, social and cultural) address issues as basic to life and human dignity as food, health, shelter, work, education and water. Social rights are fundamental human rights, which are for all men, can be exercised by everyone and are essential to life and human dignity. What we are seeking in this paper, then, is to shed light on the understanding that social rights are fundamental human rights.

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