Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 256 pages)
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illustrations, charts, figures, tables
Edition:
Also issued in print and PDF version
ISBN:
3110263882
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1283402882
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9783110263886
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9781283402880
Content:
The notion of "human rights" is widely used in political and moral debates. The core idea, that all human beings have some inalienable basic rights, is appealing and has an important practical function: It allows moral criticism of various wrongs and calls for action in order to prevent them. The articles in this collection take up a tension between the wide political use of human rights claims and some intellectual skepticism about them. In particular, three major issues call for clarification: the questions of how to justify human rights, how to determine their scope and the corresponding obligations, and how to overcome the tension between universal normative claims and particular moralities
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Human rights : questions of aim and approach
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On the nature of human rights
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Human rights without foundations?
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The political and moral conceptions of human rights : a mixed account
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Problems with some consequentialist arguments for basic rights
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Human rights as rights
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On human rights and the strength of corresponding duties
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The moral demandingness of socioeconomic human rights
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Common humanity as a justification for human rights claims
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Universal human rights and moral diversity
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Also issued in print and PDF version.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3110263394
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110263398
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The philosophy of human rights Berlin [u.a.] : De Gruyter, 2012 ISBN 3110263394
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110263398
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Menschenrecht
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Electronic books
URL:
OAPEN Library: download the publication
URL:
OAPEN Library: description of the publication
URL:
http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
Author information:
Ernst, Gerhard 1971-
Author information:
Heilinger, Jan-Christoph 1977-
