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Myth of Universal Human Rights : Its Origin, History, and Explanation, Along with a More Humane Way.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Florence :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Problem, Audience, and Myth; Chapter Summaries; Conceptual Errors and Fallacies; Chapter 2: Evolution and Universal Human Rights; The Theological Foundation of Universal Human Rights; The Foundation in Human Nature; Taking Evolution Seriously; Chapter 3: Scholarly Defenses of Universal Human Rights; Alan White; Jack Donnelly; Charles Beitz; Jack Mahoney; Alan Gewirth; James Griffin; Martha Nussbaum; Chapter 4: Getting the History of Human Rights Wrong; The Bible.
- Confucius, Cyrus, and the KoranAncient Greeks; Ancient Romans; Medieval Scholars; Grotius, Hobbes, and Pufendorf; Chapter 5: Getting the History of Human Rights Right; The English Levellers; Locke; Jefferson to the Present; Chapter 6: Explaining the Human Rights Epidemic; Memetics; The Democracy Connection; Competing Explanations; Inference to the Best Explanation; Resistance to the Human Rights Epidemic; Evolutionary Psychology and Fairness; Chapter 7: Evolution, Ethics, and Justice; Bentham and MacIntyre; The Elephant and the Blind Indians; Naturalized Normative Ethics; Naturalia.
- Abortion, Affirmative Action, Same-Sex Marriage, the Treatment of Animals, Waterboarding, and Political Regime ChangeConclusion; References; Index; About the Author.