Abstract
Human rights have been taken for granted in the Western world. It was asserted that they were universal and every human being was entitled to them on the ground that he or she was human. These rights are considered as inalienable since they are inseparable from the human nature. The challenge is to define universal human rights in a pluralist world. Human rights exist as both moral and legal rights, and they constitute shared norms of human morality and legal norms at both international and national level. Jurgen Habermas, a German sociologist, mentions this duality that human rights carry. On the other hand, Richard Rorty's attempt consists of ruling out the aspect of morality. In this document, we examine the similarities and differences between the two schools of thought.
