ABSTRACT
The contours of human rights change to reflect the moral urgencies of the human condition. In the last decade or so this has meant, above all, a turn toward what the French philosopher, Jacques Derrida, referred to as “living together well.” Such a refocusing of human rights concerns away from state/society/individual relations as specified by legal texts and governmental procedures is not meant to eclipse earlier efforts. Rather it seeks to reflect the psycho-political impact of globalization on all forms of social interaction, as well as the shrinking of time and space, the experience of interrelatedness, and the search for personal meaning and fulfillment in a period of growing societal anguish and tension.
