Theories of Rights

Zusatztext '..academics news to the field or readers who experience obstacles in accessing journals will appreciate this easy-to-manage selection.' Political Studies Review Informationen zum Autor Ten Chin Lew is Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Philosophy Department at the National University of Singapore! Singapore. Zusammenfassung The nature, provenance and justification of rights are uncertain and disputed. The disagreements have centred on group rights and on whether rights have a universal application across different cultures and moral traditions. The essays in this work explore these and other related issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Recent work on the concept of rights! Rex Martin and James W. Nickel; In defence of moral rights! Joel Feinberg; On the nature of rights! J. Raz; Are there natural rights?! H.L.A. Hart; Rights! claimants! and beneficiaries! David Lyons; 2 concepts of rights! Philip Montague; A right to do wrong! Jeremy Waldron; Rights in conflict! Jeremy Waldron; Conflicts of rights: typology! Methodology! and nonconsequentialism! F.N. Kamm; Natural rights: Bentham and John Stuart Mill! H.L.A. Hart; Rights! goals! and fairness! T.M. Scanlon; Is there a right to pornography?! Ronald Dworkin; A defense of rights to well-being! Rodney Peffer; Between utility and rights! H.L.A. Hart ; What's so special about rights?! Allen Buchanan; Against rights! Richard J. Arneson; Group rights and group oppression! Peter Jones; The good the bad! and the intolerable! Will Kymlicka; Liberal rights and/or Confucian virtues?! Seung-hwan Lee; 'Asian values' and global human rights! Fred Dallmyr; A world consensus on human rights?! Charles Taylor; Minimalism about human rights: the most we can hope for?! Joshua Cohen; Index.

Product details

• Authors: C. L. Ten, C.L. Ten
• Assisted by: C. L. Ten (Editor), C.L. Ten (Editor)
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.08.2006
• EAN: 9780754624301
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-2430-1
• No. of pages: 500
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 38 mm
• Series: The International Library of Essays on Rights; The International Library of Essays on Rights
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / International, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law