The Philosophy of Human Rights : Contemporary Controversies /

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The notion of "human rights" is widely used in political and moral debates. The core idea, that all human beings have some inalienable basic rights, is appealing and has an important practical function: It allows moral criticism of various wrongs and calls for action in order to prevent th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ernst, Gerhard, Heilinger, Jan-Christoph
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2011]
Colección:Grundthemen Philosophie.
Temas:
Human rights > Philosophy.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Philosophie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Human rights > Philosophy
Ethics.
Human Rights.
Justification.
Universalism.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • I. Human Rights: Moral or Political?
  • Human rights: questions of aim and approach
  • On the nature of human rights
  • Human rights without foundations?
  • The political and moral conceptions of human rights
  • a mixed account
  • II. Rights and Duties
  • Problems with some consequentialist arguments for basic rights
  • Human rights as rights
  • On human rights and the strength of corresponding duties
  • The moral demandingness of socioeconomic human rights
  • III. Universality
  • Common humanity as a justification for human rights claims
  • Universal human rights and moral diversity
  • List of contributors
  • Name index
  • Subject index.

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