Rethinking Rights - Historical Development and Philosophical Justification

This book takes a new look at the history of individual rights, focusing on how philosophers have written that history. Eleanor Curran argues that the turn to jurisprudence, after the philosophical rejection of natural rights, has resulted in an impoverished notion of rights as no more than claims and entitlements.

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By Eleanor Curran

Summary

This book takes a new look at the history of individual rights, focusing on how philosophers have written that history. Eleanor Curran argues that the turn to jurisprudence, after the philosophical rejection of natural rights, has resulted in an impoverished notion of rights as no more than claims and entitlements.

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• Authors: Eleanor Curran, Curran Eleanor
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2024
• EAN: 9781498547895
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4789-5
• No. of pages: 180
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, LAW / Jurisprudence, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Western philosophy from c 1800, Jurisprudence & general issues, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Jurisprudence and general issues