Nonsense Upon Stilts (Routledge Revivals) - Bentham, Burke and Marx on the Rights of Man

In Nonsense upon Stilts¿ first published in 1987, Waldron includes and discusses extracts from three classic critiques of the idea of natural rights embodied in the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. Each text is prefaced by an historical introduction and an analysis of its main themes.

Sommario

Introduction, Jeremy Waldron; Chapter 1 Natural rights in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Jeremy Waldron; Part 2 The 'Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen' 1789; Chapter 102 Introduction, Jeremy Waldron; Chapter 103 Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen 1789, Jeremy Waldron; Part 3 Jeremy Bentham's Anarchical Fallacies; Chapter 104 Introduction, Jeremy Waldron; Chapter 105 Anarchical Fallacies;, Jeremy Bentham; Chapter 106 Supply Without Burthen or Escheat Vice Taxation:, Jeremy Bentham; Part 4 Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France; Chapter 107 Introduction, Jeremy Waldron; Chapter 108 Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke; Part 5 Karl Marx's 'On the Jewish Question'; Chapter 109 Introduction, Jeremy Waldron; Chapter 110 'On the Jewish Question', Karl Marx; Chapter 6 Nonsense upon Stilts? - a reply, Jeremy Waldron; S38 Bibliographical essay, Jeremy Waldron;

Riassunto

In Nonsense upon Stilts¸ first published in 1987, Waldron includes and discusses extracts from three classic critiques of the idea of natural rights embodied in the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. Each text is prefaced by an historical introduction and an analysis of its main themes.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jeremy Waldron, Jeremy (New York University School of Law Waldron, Waldron Jeremy
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.07.2014
• EAN: 9781138822429
• ISBN: 978-1-138-82242-9
• Pagine: 246
• Serie: Routledge Revivals
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Human rights, civil rights, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law