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Why Human Rights?
- A Philosophical Guide
Engelsk Paperback
Why Human Rights?
- A Philosophical Guide
Engelsk Paperback

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Why Human Rights addresses universal human rights as moral mandates – rights to justice that all persons have by virtue of their humanity alone. These are not the legal rights of statutes and treaties, but moral rights of the kind Gandhi, King, and Mandela invoked to oppose unjust laws. All such rights presuppose three claims: (1) that some duties of justice apply universally, (2) that all human beings have equal moral significance, and (3) that states must protect or serve certain individual interests regardless of the societal impact of doing so.

Can these three premises be justified? Is the human equality claim, for example, rationally supportable, or is it no less faith-based than hierarchical doctrines like caste? This book explores the case for these foundational claims along with other philosophical controversies pertaining to human rights. Because these issues lie at the heart of moral and political philosophy, readers will also obtain a broad appreciation of these disciplines and their leading theorists, including Mill, Kant, Rawls, Sandel, Nozick, Rorty, and many others. Written in concise, jargon-free language, this book presents a high-relief map of the philosophical issues surrounding human rights.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
226
ISBN-13:
9780367723071
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0367723077
Udg. Dato:
1 aug 2024
Længde:
16mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
228mm
Forlag:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oplagsdato:
1 aug 2024
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