Persons, Rights, and the Moral Community

Zusatztext `it displays insight and perspicuity throughout ... an important first step towards developing a philosophically respectable theory of rights.'Law and Philosophy Klappentext This book provides a complete and convincing account of what rights we do and do not have, who has them, and why. Presenting the foundations of a liberal, individualistic theory of rights, Lomasky explains the place of rights within the overall structure of morality, arguing for the moral importance of individual commitments to and pursuit of "projects." After developing his theory of basic rights, Lomasky demonstrates its implications for a variety of problems and issues, including property rights, the rights of children, and the status of the unborn, defective persons, animals, and even the dead. Arguing for a fundamental reshaping of philosophical ethics, Lomasky develops a credible alternative to currently fashionable views. Zusammenfassung Arguing for a fundamental reshaping of philosophical ethics, Lomasky explains the place of rights within the overall structure of morality.

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• Authors: Loren E. Lomasky, Loren E. (Associate Professor of Philosop Lomasky, Loren E. (Associate Professor of Philosophy Lomasky
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.07.1990
• EAN: 9780195064742
• ISBN: 978-0-19-506474-2
• No. of pages: 294
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education