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Rights.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2007Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317493556
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: RightsDDC classification:
  • 323.01
LOC classification:
  • K3240 -- .I95 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. A naturalistic approach -- 2. Natural law and natural rights -- 3. Rights as property -- 4. Dignity -- 5. Recognition -- 6. Rights, consequences and terrorism -- 7. Rights as conduits -- 8. Human rights -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Offers an integration of, and introduction to, the history and philosophy of rights. This book focuses especially on the politics of rights: the fact that rights have always been, and will remain, deeply contested. It discusses the historical contexts in which some of the leading philosophers of rights formed their arguments.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. A naturalistic approach -- 2. Natural law and natural rights -- 3. Rights as property -- 4. Dignity -- 5. Recognition -- 6. Rights, consequences and terrorism -- 7. Rights as conduits -- 8. Human rights -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Offers an integration of, and introduction to, the history and philosophy of rights. This book focuses especially on the politics of rights: the fact that rights have always been, and will remain, deeply contested. It discusses the historical contexts in which some of the leading philosophers of rights formed their arguments.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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