Fourth Generation Human Rights in View of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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ID22134343
AuthorsManuel Jesús López Baroni (0000-0002-2722-8297, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume9
Issue2
Pages39
Publication date2024-03-19
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2409-9287 • E-ISSN: 2409-9287
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/philosophies9020039
OpenAlexW4393002883
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited26

We are at the dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, characterised by the interaction of so-called disruptive technologies (biotechnology, synthetic biology, nanotechnology, neurotechnology and artificial intelligence). We believe that the challenges posed by technoscience cannot be met by the three generations of human rights that already exist. The need to create a fourth generation of human rights is, therefore, explored in this article. For that purpose, the state of the art will be analysed from a scientific and ethical perspective. We will consider the position of academic doctrines on the issues that a fourth generation of human rights should tackle. And, finally, in this fourth generation, we will propose the principles of identity and precaution as reference values, equivalent to the role played by freedom, equality and solidarity in the first three generations of human rights

Human rights · Political science · Law · Regional Development and Environment

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