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The ethics of human rights : contested doctrinal and moral issues /

In The Ethics of Human Rights, Esther Reed constructs a Christian theology of "right," "rights" and "natural rights" and does so in constant awareness of and conversation with the public and political implications of such a theology. Reed's use of Genesis 9:1-17, G...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reed, Esther D., 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The question of rights
  • On the relation between divine law and human law
  • Revelation and Christ : the measure of "natural rights"
  • Human rights and a tropological reading of Genesis 9:1-17
  • God's command to "multiply" and the right to reproduce
  • Animal rights and the responsibilities of "dominion"
  • War, democracy, and the retreat from human rights.