This work reflects upon the normative differences that stand behind the dichotomy of natural rights versus social rights, as opposed paradigms, both in the conceptions of human nature and the ethical horizon we should pursue. The natural rights paradigm denies social rights while ignoring the situated reality and its contribution to the achievement of normative purposes such as justice, freedom and equality, all which seem to be the reason to defend, from the political theory angle, a need for social rights to endow substantiality to democracy and citizenship. The urgency of social rights is concluded, due to its situated and supportive character, and its expanding possibility to the formalistic notions of democracy and citizenship.
Keywords:
Social Rights, Natural Rights, Democracy, Citizenship, Constitutionalism
Jara Villarroel, N. (2019). NATURAL RIGHTS VERSUS SOCIAL RIGHTS: A DEBATE FROM POLITICAL THEORY. Política. Revista De Ciencia Política, 57(1). https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5338.2019.61552
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