Kantian Theory and Human Rights

The growing interest in human rights has recently brought the question of their philosophical foundation to the foreground. Theorists of human rights often assume that their ideal can be traced to the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and his view of humans as ends in themselves. Yet, few have attempted to explore exactly how human rights should be understood in a Kantian framework. The scholars in this book have gathered to fill this gap.

List of contents

Foreword; Thomas Pogge. 1. Kantian Theory and Human Rights; Andreas Follesdal and Reidar Maliks. 2. Kantian Underpinnings for a Theory of Multirights; Howard Williams 3. Kant's Juridical Idea of Human Rights; Ariel Zylberman 4. Human Rights Jurisprudence Seen Through the Framework of Kant's Legal Metaphors; Sofie Møller. 5. A Kantian Defense of the Right to Health Care; Luke J. Davies 6. Human Rights Duties are Collective Duties of Justice; Özlem Ayse Özgür. 7. The Democratic Paradox of International Human Rights Courts: A Kantian Solution?; Svenja Ahlhaus. 8. Extraordinary Politics and the Democratic Legitimacy of International Human Rights Courts; Markus Patberg. 9. Kantian Courts: On the Legitimacy of International Human Rights Courts; Reidar Maliks. 10. Why Kant is not a Democratic Peace Theorist; Aviva Shiller. 11. Kant, Human Rights, and Courts; Andreas Follesdal.

About the author

Andreas Follesdal is a Professor of Political Philosophy, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo. He is also Principal Investigator on the ERC Advanced Grant project MultiRights: on the Legitimacy of Multi-Level Human Rights Judiciary and Director of PluriCourts, a Centre of Excellence for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order.
Reidar Maliks is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo and a research fellow in the MultiRights project. His book Kant's Politics in Context is forthcoming from Oxford University Press. His articles have appeared in journals like Kantian Review and History of Political Thought.

Product details

• Authors: Andreas (University of Oslo Follesdal, Andreas Maliks Follesdal
• Assisted by: Andreas Follesdal (Editor), Follesdal Andreas (Editor), Reidar Maliks (Editor), Maliks Reidar (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.12.2013
• EAN: 9780415857697
• ISBN: 978-0-415-85769-7
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Law, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Human rights, civil rights, Western philosophy: Enlightenment