Neoliberalism and human rights are commonly seen as opposing globalizing logics.
Evidence
Coming from a thinker who described the authoritarian regime of Chile’s General Pinochet as an economic and political ‘miracle’, this invocation of human rights appears out of place. After all, human rights NGOs came to prominence in the 1970s precisely for contesting the torture and disappearances that accompanied neoliberal shock treatment in the Southern Cone. According to a prominent critical view, neoliberal emphases on competitive markets and austerity were ‘inherently inimical to the protection of human rights’, resting on completely different normative foundations. As a recent primer on human rights puts it, ‘neoliberalism is one logic in the world today; human rights is the other’. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 39
Categorization
- XREF: Enriches reader’s debate on market ethics: the standard framework against which Whyte argues. — connects to: Neoliberals sought enforceable capital flight rights that outstripped human rights protections. — Quinn Slobodian, Globalists: The End of Empire and the…, 481; Neoliberals framed human rights as a tool to enforce global standards protecting private capital; Neoliberals saw human rights standards as a way to depoliticize international economic relations — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 450 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Neoliberals framed human rights as a tool to enforce global standards protecting private capital
#exemplifies(0.92) - Neoliberals weaponized human rights language to protect private property and market order
#exemplifies(0.92) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 76 - Neoliberal human rights legitimize state violence to protect global markets.
#exemplifies(0.90) - Neoliberal human rights primarily preserve the market order rather than protect individuals
#exemplifies(0.90) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 45 - Neoliberal human rights discourse entailed a duty to spread capitalism globally
#exemplifies(0.88) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 283 - Neoliberals deployed human rights language to justify property rights and dismantling welfare
#exemplifies(0.88) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 7 - Neoliberals saw human rights standards as a way to depoliticize international economic relations
#exemplifies(0.85) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 450