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Pragmatism, rights, and democracy /

"This volume of essays is based on Singer's earlier works on the theory of human rights, notably her 1993 book, Operative Rights. It contains several chapters in which she criticizes conventional theories, traditional as well as contemporary, and provides further clarification of her own v...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Singer, Beth J., 1927-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 1999.
Colección:American philosophy series ; no. 11.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy in the Theory of Rights
  • Four Principles of Traditional Theories of Rights
  • An Alternative to the Dominant Tradition
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Stuart Mill, and Thomas Hill Green on Natural Rights
  • Democracy and Multiculturalism
  • The Democratic Solution to Ethnic Pluralism
  • Difference, Otherness, and the Creation of Community
  • Multiculturalism, Identity, and Minority Rights: Will Kymlicka and the Concept of Special Rights
  • Deep Diversity: Charles Taylor and the Politics of Federalism
  • Democratic Praxis
  • Pragmatism, Rights, and Democracy
  • Reconciling Liberalism and Communitarianism
  • Postscript: But I have a Right!