The Withdrawal of Rights - Rights from a Different Perspective

Like most discussions within the tradition of rights-talk, this study is motivated by the desire to promote the idea that rights are moral assets that people should acquire in the course of their membership within social and political frameworks. However, while most participants in rights-talk concentrate on the safety and protection constraints required for a successful exercising of rights, the present study inquires into the circumstances under which people's rights lose their validity. The author believes that if we want to prevent the erosion of the role of rights within society and to encourage their obligatory status, we should prevent their misuse, or their unjustified or excessive use. Those who have interests in rights, and are concerned about their withdrawal or denial, will find a unique and inventive way of dealing both with the use, as well as the abuse of rights.

Table des matières

1. The Concept of Rights.- 2. The Identity of Right-Holders.- 3. The Withdrawal of Rights.- 4. Punishment.- 5. Rights of Partial Members of the Moral Community.- Conclusions.- References.- Notes.

Résumé

Like most discussions within the tradition of rights-talk, this study is motivated by the desire to promote the idea that rights are moral assets that people should acquire in the course of their membership within social and political frameworks. However, while most participants in rights-talk concentrate on the safety and protection constraints required for a successful exercising of rights, the present study inquires into the circumstances under which people's rights lose their validity. The author believes that if we want to prevent the erosion of the role of rights within society and to encourage their obligatory status, we should prevent their misuse, or their unjustified or excessive use. Those who have interests in rights, and are concerned about their withdrawal or denial, will find a unique and inventive way of dealing both with the use, as well as the abuse of rights.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: O Ezra, O. Ezra, Ovadia Ezra
• Edition: Springer Netherlands
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 07.10.2010
• EAN: 9789048161270
• ISBN: 978-90-481-6127-0
• Pages: 284
• Illustrations: XX, 284 p.
• Thèmes: Synthese Library; Synthese Library
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Général, dictionnaires; Philosophie, C, Ethics, Ethik und Moralphilosophie, Political Science, Rechtsmethodik, Rechtstheorie und Rechtsphilosophie, Philosophy, Internationales Öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Political Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Public International Law, Ethics and moral philosophy, Methods, theory & philosophy of law, Philosophy of Law, Religion and Philosophy, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Philosophy, general