A political theory of rights.

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Rights are the basic building blocks of every liberal state. This book addresses fundamental questions about them. What are they? How can they be justified? What role should they play in political life? By offering new and cogent answers to these questions, the book aims to provide a firm foundation...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ingram, Attracta
Autor Corporativo: Oxford University Press
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Colección:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Political Science module.
Temas:
Human rights.
Autonomy.
Human Rights
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Autonomie.
Autonomy
Human rights
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Rights: The Issue of Sense
  • 1.2. General Aims
  • 1.3. The Importance of Individuals
  • 1.4. Misgivings about Rights
  • 1.5. Natural Law and Natural Rights
  • 1.6. The Principle of Self-Ownership
  • Part I. Self-Ownership: The Proprietary Conception of Rights
  • 2. What is Self-Ownership?
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. What is Property?
  • 2.3. Full Liberal Ownership
  • 2.4. The Meaning of Self-Ownership
  • 2.5. Must Self-Ownership be Libertarian?
  • 2.6. Self-Ownership: Sources of Scepticism
  • 2.7. Summary3. Self-Ownership and World Ownership
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Rights to Resources and Varieties of World Ownership
  • 3.3. Locke's Theory of Just Acquisition
  • 3.4. Nozick's Theory of Just Acquisition
  • 3.5. The Steiner Constitution
  • 3.6. Conclusion
  • 4. Proprietary Rights and Self-Command
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. A Conjectural History of Proprietary Rights
  • 4.3. The Withering Away of Rights: (i) Totalitarianism
  • 4.4. The Withering Away of Rights: (ii) Full Compliance
  • 4.5. A Right to Change Society?
  • 4.6. Fixing the System of Freedom and ConstraintPart II. Self-government: The Political Conception of Rights
  • 5. The Moral Basis of Rights
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. A New Beginning
  • 5.3. Locating the Moral Basis of Rights
  • 5.4. Autonomy
  • 5.5. Autonomy as Personal and Political
  • 5.6. The Interplay of Personal and Political Autonomy
  • 5.7. The Good of Autonomy
  • 5.8. Our Sense of Autonomy
  • 5.9. Conclusion
  • 6. Constructing a Theory of Rights: Ideal Conversations
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Discourse and Contract
  • 6.3. Habermas on Ideal Speech6.4. Larmore's Neutral Justification
  • 6.5. Ackerman's Constrained Conversation
  • 6.6. Political Liberalism
  • 6.7. Summary
  • 7. Constructing a Theory of Rights: Building in Conversational Constraints
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Can Ideal Discourse Bind?
  • 7.3. Autonomy-Regarding Constraints: Personal
  • 7.4. Autonomy-Regarding Constraints: Political
  • 7.5. The Interdependence of Autonomous Human Beings
  • 7.6. Autonomy against Self-Ownership
  • 7.7. From Modus Vivendi Politics to Expressivism
  • 7.8. Summary
  • 8. Principles of Self-Government8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. Principles of Self-Government
  • 8.3. Summary
  • 9. Rights as Political
  • 9.1. Introduction
  • 9.2. The Political Understanding of Rights
  • 9.3. Human Rights
  • 9.4. Rights Scepticism
  • 9.5. Talents and Bodily Integrity
  • 9.6. Rights and Solidarity
  • 9.7. Summary
  • 10. Conclusion
  • 10.1. Making Sense of Rights
  • 10.2. Determining What Rights We Have
  • 10.3. Why the Institution of Rights?
  • 10.4. Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G

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