Human rights, human dignity, and cosmopolitan ideals : essays on critical theory and human rights /

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This book proposes a new agenda for research into a Critical Theory of Human Rights. Each chapter pursues three goals: to reconstruct modern philosophical theories that have contributed to our views on human rights; to highlight the importance of humanity and human dignity as a complementary dimensi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Lutz-Bachmann, Matthias (Author), Nascimento, Amós (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2014.
Series:Rethinking political and international theory.
Subjects:
Human rights.
Dignity.
Cosmopolitanism.
Human Rights
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Dignité.
Cosmopolitisme.
Cosmopolitanism
Dignity
Human rights
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Idea of Human Rights and the Realities of World Politics; Part I: Human Rights and Human Dignity Beyond the State; 2 Human Rights, Human Dignity, and Hypothetical Consent; 3 Global Governance and Human Rights; 4 Are Human Rights Moral Rights?; Part II: Human Rights and Cosmopolitanism with a Human Face; 5 Human Rights and the Paradigms of Cosmopolitanism: From Rights to Humanity; 6 From Imperial to Dialogical Cosmopolitanism; 7 Two Traditions of Human Rights; Bibliography; Index.

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