Justificación, memoria y derechos humanos. Marcos y horizontes actuales de fundamentación

Abstract

The research work presented is an intellectual effort to propose frameworks and current horizons for the foundation of Human Rights and somehow International Humanitarian Law, matters of their own though not exclusive to political philosophy. It is an effort that brings together diverse philosophical perspectives. First, the great glimpses of the ethics of the Pauline justification from the reading of the "Letters" of Paul of Tarsus, holding deep philosophical and theological content proposed by Enrique Dussel. Second, the recurrent defense of the need for philosophical foundation of human rights made by Angelo Papacchini against the positions of legal positivism that consider that such a foundation is no longer necessary since human rights are incorporated positively into the constitution of each state, therefore, this philosophical foundation is no longer require. In the same way, the proposal of philosophical foundation is incorporated from the philosophy of the historical reality elaborated by Ignacio Ellacuría, which is newly important and marked with a metaphysical accent. Finally, in the third place, the need to think about human rights is established from the ethical call of memory, in which the thought of Walter Benjamín and Manuel Reyes Mate stands out, giving thoughts about our horrible and infamous war days and our commitment to preserve historical memory.

Key words: Human rights, historical memory, political philosophy, ethical of memory, reconciliation, true, justice, politics, historical reality.