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An introduction to rights /

This accessible introduction to the history, logic, moral implications, and political tendencies of the concept of rights is organized chronologically. Covering such important events as the French Revolution, it is well-suited as an introductory-level, undergraduate text in such courses as political...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Edmundson, William A. (William Atkins), 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Series:Cambridge introductions to philosophy and law.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. The first expansionary era. The prehistory of rights ; The rights of man: the Enlightenment ; "Mischievous nonsense"? ; The nineteenth century: consolidation and retrenchment ; The conceptual neighborhood of rights: Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld
  • pt. II. The second expansionary era. The Universal Declaration and a revolt against utilitarianism ; The nature of rights: "choice" theory and "interest" theory ; A right to do wrong? Two conceptions of moral rights ; The pressure of consequentialism ; What is interference? ; The future of rights ; Conclusion.