An introduction to rights /

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"A thoroughly updated second edition that is an accessible introduction to the history, logic, moral implications, and political tendencies of the idea of rights"--

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Edmundson, William A. (William Atkins), 1948- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Édition:2nd edition.
Collection:Cambridge introductions to philosophy and law.
Sujets:
Civil rights.
Human rights.
Human Rights
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The prehistory of rights
  • The rights of man : the Enlightenment
  • "Mischievous nonsense"?
  • Into the nineteenth century : consolidation and retrenchment
  • The conceptual neighborhood of rights / Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld
  • 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.

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