Cosmopolitanism and human rights

Author(s)

    • Anderson-Gold, Sharon

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Cosmopolitanism and human rights

Sharon Anderson-Gold

(Political philosophy now)

University of Wales Press, 2001

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Bibliography: p. [159]-161

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

If human rights express the equal claim of every person to the recognition and protection of their vital interests, they necessarily assert universal obligations of justice that cross borders. In this book, Sharon Anderson-Gold asks whether there is a normative consensus on human rights and articulates the role of a cosmopolitan or global community in shaping the theory and practice of international politics. She considers several important works in the field of universal human rights and discusses whether a cosmopolitan system of law is a necessary condition for the stable association of nation states. Cosmopolitanism and Human Rights presents an ethical foundation for the idea of human development and attempts to demonstrate the normative character of universal human rights. It claims that Kant's idea of a federation of nations based upon principles of international right remains highly relevant to contemporary aspirations for global justice, and concludes by suggesting that a 'cosmopolitan community' is the locus of a global democratic order and is the necessary framework for the maintenance of human rights.

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  • NCID
    BA54555465
  • ISBN
    • 0708316735
    • 0708316727
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cardiff
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 166 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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