Rights
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Rights
（Issues in political theory）
Macmillan, 1994
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 27 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-251) and index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: hbk ISBN 9780333361351
Description
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary thought about rights. It examines what it is to have a right and what is distinctive about political moralities that give a fundamental place to rights. The varied grounds and implications of claiming rights to liberties, socio-economic rights and democratic rights are considered and the book concludes with an examination of the theoretical objections and the practical difficulties that proponents of rights have to confront.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Forms of Right - Benefits, Choices and Titles - The Morality of Rights - Natural Rights and Human Rights - Justifying Human Rights - Freedom, Autonomy and Rights - Socio-economic Rights - Democracy, Groups and Rights - Some Doubts and Difficulties - Conclusion
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780333361368
Description
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary thought about rights. It examines what it is to have a right and what is distinctive about political moralities that give a fundamental place to rights. The varied grounds and implications of claiming rights to liberties, socio-economic rights and democratic rights are considered and the book concludes with an examination of the theoretical objections and the practical difficulties that proponents of rights have to confront.
Table of Contents
Introduction.- Forms of Right Benefits, Choices and Titles.- The Morality of Rights.- Natural Rights and Human Rights.- Justifying Human Rights.- Freedom, Autonomy and Rights Socio-economic Rights.- Democracy, Groups and Rights.- Some Doubts and Difficulties.- Conclusion.
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