Abstract
This paper uses ‘revolution as a frame for examining rights and new technologies. It begins by trying to pin down the meaning of key terms, principally ‘new technologies' and ‘revolution’. It fails in this task; nonetheless, it goes on to argue that something revolutionary does seem to be underway in how human rights are viewed and valued. Describing this phenomenon as a new (anti-rights) ‘rights revolution’, it calls for a fight-back by human rights advocates. Two strategies to assist the fight-back are described in some detail: the first focuses on bringing out ‘the dignity of choice’; the second on bringing out ‘risk within rights’.
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