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Philosophical theory and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights /
Philosophical Theory and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights examines the relations and interrelations among theoretical and practical analyses of human rights. Edited by William Sweet, this volume draws on the works of philosophers, political theorists and those involved in the implementation...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ottawa [Ont.] :
University of Ottawa Press,
©2003.
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| Colección: | Actexpress.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface ; Introduction: theories of rights and political and legal instruments / William Sweet
- pt. I Theories of rights. Natural law and natural rights / Howard P. Kainz ; The ethical background of the rights of women / Sarah Hutton ; Economic rights and philosophical anthropology / Leslie Armour
- T.H. Green on rights and the common good / Rex Martin ; A postsecular exchange: Jacques Maritain, John Dewey, and Karl Marx / Thomas M. Jeannot
- pt. II. The Universal Declaration and the practice of human rights. Human rights: fifty years later / Mostafa Faghfoury ; The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Maritain and the universality of human rights / Bradley R. Munro ; The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the Supreme Court of Canada / Jack Iwanicki ; Human rights and the survival imperative: Rwanda's troubled legacy / Philip Lancaster
- pt. III. Rights after the Universal Declaration. Reconciling individual rights and the common good: Aquinas and contemporary Canadian law / Paul Groarke and J.L.A. West ; Moderating the philosophy of rights / Ralph Nelson ; MacIntyre or Gewirth? Virtue, rights, and the problem of moral indeterminacy / Gregory J. Walters ; Universal human rights, concepts of ownership, and aboriginal land claims / David Lea ; Solidarity and human rights / William Sweet.