The Characteristics and Position of Human Rights in the Studies of Social Welfare

Abstract

Though human rights are recognized as a very important concept in studies relating to social welfare in Japan, they have not been theorized or systematized sufficiently by scholars. This study tries to clarify the characteristics and position of human rights in studies relating to social welfare. This is referred to as “human rights as ideals”. The overall direction of human rights relating to social welfare can be recognized from the study as pursuing and changing “human rights as ideals of well-being” in harmony with the “general sense of human rights in Japan.”