Taking welfare rights seriously

Abstract

Remembering famous Ronald Dworkin’s book, Taking rights seriously, I’ll defend the full,fundamental, and universal role of welfare rights, often look upon suspicion and misgivingspecially on account of their colliding with civil and political rights. However, the clearcutdichotomy established between civil and political rights, on the one hand, and welfarerights, on the other, is wrong since the difference is, at most, of degree. To cope with this,I’ll allege four arguments: the cost of rights, their universality, their relativity, and theirenforceability. I’ll support in that way the official doctrine of the United Nations aboutthe indivisibility and interdependence of all human rights.