An Introduction to Rights
2nd Edition
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Part of Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Law
- Author: William A. Edmundson, Georgia State University
- Date Published: May 2012
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107648197
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An Introduction to Rights is a readable and accessible introduction to the history, logic, moral implications and political tendencies of the idea of rights. It is organized chronologically and discusses important historical events such as the French and American Revolutions. It treats a range of historical figures, including Grotius, Paley, Hobbes, Locke, Bentham, Burke, Godwin, Douglass, Mill and Hohfeld and relates the concept of rights to contemporary debates such as consequentialism versus contractualism. This thoroughly updated second edition includes a new preface and expands the discussion of the surprising role that slavery has played in the history of rights. It includes new material on egalitarianism, distributive justice and what the demand for equal rights means.
Read more- Thoroughly revised second edition including a new preface
- Includes new material on egalitarianism, distributive justice and what the demand for equal rights means
- Expands the discussion of the surprising role that slavery has played in the history of rights
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: May 2012
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107648197
- length: 200 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 151 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.31kg
- contains: 2 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. The First Expansionary Era:
1. The prehistory of rights
2. The rights of man: the enlightenment
3. Mischievous nonsense?
4. The nineteenth century: consolidation and retrenchment
5. The conceptual neighborhood of rights: Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld
Part II. The Second Expansionary Era:
6. The universal declaration, and a revolt against utilitarianism
7. The nature of rights: 'choice' theory and 'interest' theory
8. A right to do wrong? Two conceptions of moral rights
9. The pressure of consequentialism
10. What is interference?
11. The future of rights
12. Conclusion.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Human rights-Human wrongs
- Rights & Responsibilities
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