Grounding human rights in a pluralist world /

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In 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which declared that every human being, without "distinction of any kind," possesses a set of morally authoritative rights and fundamental freedoms that ought to be socially guaranteed. Sinc...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kao, Grace (Grace Y.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2011.
Series:Advancing human rights series.
Subjects:
Human rights.
Cultural pluralism.
Human Rights
Cultural Diversity
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Diversité culturelle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Cultural pluralism
Human rights
Mänskliga rättigheter.
Kulturell mångfald.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prolegomena to any philosophical defense of human rights
  • The maximalist challenge to human rights justification
  • An enforcement-centered approach to human rights with special reference to John Rawls
  • Consensus-based approaches to human rights
  • The capability approach to human rights
  • Grounding human rights in a pluralist world.

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