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In order to set up a sufficient philosophical foundation of human rights as moral rights, it is first necessary to choose the appropriate understanding of morality. So, we must determine whether there is at least one among the classical theories of morality that could serve this purpose.
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Tiedemann, P. (2020). Utilitarian and Aristotelian Approach. In: Philosophical Foundation of Human Rights. Springer Textbooks in Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42262-2_2
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