Neoliberals crafted their own human rights account supporting market order.

Evidence

However, I show that, despite their horror at the ‘collectivism’ and ‘politicisation’ that characterised the human rights process in the United Nations, the neoliberals did not simply turn away from human rights; rather, they developed their own account of human rights as moral and legal supports for a liberal market order. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 38

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Whyte’s thesis that ‘neoliberalism is one logic; human rights is the other’ is wrong; relevant to debate on market ethics and rights. — connects to: Neoliberal human rights primarily preserve the market order rather than protect individuals — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 45; Neoliberals weaponized human rights language to protect private property and market order — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 76; Neoliberals redeployed human rights to protect investors and property — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 428 (+15 more)

Broader Connections

• Neoliberal human rights primarily preserve the market order rather than protect individuals #corroborates (0.97) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 45
• Neoliberals redeployed human rights to protect investors and property #corroborates (0.97) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 428
• Neoliberals weaponized human rights language to protect private property and market order #corroborates (0.95) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 76
• Neoliberals deployed human rights language to justify property rights and dismantling welfare #corroborates (0.95) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 7
• Neoliberals framed human rights as a tool to enforce global standards protecting private capital #corroborates (0.93)
• Neoliberals actively shaped the postwar human rights discourse that later legitimized markets #expands (0.88) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 40
• Neoliberals saw human rights standards as a way to depoliticize international economic relations #corroborates (0.80) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 450
• Neoliberal ‘freedom’ is internally redefined to mean market autonomy, not political liberty #qualifies (0.75) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 166
• Neoliberal freedom is recoded as negative liberty to protect market supremacy #qualifies (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2130