
A Political Theory of Rights
Attracta Ingram(Author)
Clarendon Press
Published on 1. November 1994
Book
Hardback
244 pages
978-0-19-827901-3 (ISBN)
Description
Rights are basic building blocks of the contemporary state, and yet their rigorous justification is notoriously difficult. This book provides a thorough analysis of this central topic in modern political discourse. The book challenges the orthodox view that rights are a type of property claim in one's body. Drawing on the tradition of the social contract as well as the wealth of recent work in political theory the book argues for a different conception of rights. Rights are conceived as a certin type of political claim, justified by a Kantian ideal of autonomy. Moreover, that justification provides a moral basis for rights that, while independent of law and custom, is also tied to an image of citizenship particularly suited to the pluralistic nature of contemporary liberal society.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
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ISBN-13
978-0-19-827901-3 (9780198279013)
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