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Klappentext Philosophical Theory and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights examines the relations and interrelations among theoretical and practical analyses of human rights. Edited by William Sweet! this volume draws on the works of philosophers! political theorists and those involved in the implementation of human rights. The essays! although diverse in method and approach! collectively argue that the language of rights and corresponding legal and political instruments have an important place in contemporary social political philosophy. Zusammenfassung Examines the relations and interrelations among theoretical and practical analyses of human rights. This volume argues that the language of rights and corresponding legal and political instruments have an important place in contemporary social political philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Introduction: Theories of Rights and Political and Legal Instruments William Sweet Theories of Rights 1. Natural Law and Natural Rights Howard Kainz 2. The Ethical Background of the Rights of Women: Cudworth, Macaulay and Wollstonecraft Sarah Hutton 3. Philosophical Anthropology, the Saumur Philosophers, and Economic Rights Leslie Armour 4. T. H. Green on Rights and the Common Good Rex Martin 5. A Postsecular Exchange: Jacques Maritain, John Dewey, And Karl Marx Thomas Jeannot The United Nations Declaration and Human Rights 6. Human Rights: 50 Years Later Mostafa Faghfoury 7. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Maritain and the Universality Of Human Rights Bradley Munro 8. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the Supreme Court of Canada Jack Iwanicki 9. Human Rights and the Survival Imperative: Rwanda's Troubled Legacy Philip Lancaster Rights after the UN Declaration 10. Reconciling Individual Rights and the Common Good: Aquinas and Contemporary Canadian Law Jason West and Paul Groarke 11. Solidarity and Human Rights William Sweet 12. Universal Human Rights and Aboriginal Land Claims David Lea 13. Moderating the Philosophy of Rights Ralph Nelson 14. MacIntyre or Gewirth? Virtue, Rights, and the Problem Of Moral Indeterminacy Gregory Walters ...
