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Universal Human Rights : Moral Order in a Divided World.

Universal Human Rights brings new clarity to the important and highly contested concept of universal human rights. This collection of essays explores the foundations of universal human rights in four sections devoted to their nature, application, enforcement, and limits, concluding that shared right...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reidy, David A.
Otros Autores: Sellers, M. N. S. (Mortimer N. S.), May, Larry, Henley, Kenneth, Macleod, Alistair, Martin, Rex, Duquette, David, Peach, Lucinda, Stacy, Helen, Nelson, William, Lee, Steven, Nathanson, Stephen, Schonsheck, Jonathan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005.
Colección:Philosophy and the global context.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; 1 Introduction David A. Reidy and Mortimer N.S. Sellers; Part I The Nature of Human Rights; 2 The Structure of Arguments for Human Rights Alistair M. Macleod; 3 Human Rights: Constitutional and International Rex Martin; 4 Universalism and Relativism in Human Rights David Duquette; Part II The Particular in Universal Human Rights; 5 Are Women Human? Feminist Reflections on ""Women's Rights as Human Rights"" Lucinda Joy Peach; 6 Human Rights and the Ethic of Listening Helen Stacy.
  • 7 Rights against Institutions: What Governments Should and Can Do William NelsonPart III Enforcing Universal Human Rights; 8 Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention Steven P. Lee; 9 Genocide and Political Responsibility Larry May; 10 Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Sovereignty and the International Criminal Court Kenneth Henley; Part IV Rights in Extremis; 11 Is Terrorism Ever Morally Permissible? An Inquiry into the Right to Life Stephen Nathanson; 12 Thwarting Suicide Terrorists: The Locus of Moral Constraints and the (Ir)Relevance of ""Human Rights"" Jonathan Schonsheck; Index.