Conflicts Of Rights
Moral Theory And Social Policy Implications
1st Edition
Published on 15. July 1999
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-8133-9122-9 (ISBN)
Description
The language of rights is utilized frequently in debates over contemporary social issuesa fetuss right to life versus a womans right to choose, for example. Because these debates pertain to what our social policies should be, it is clear that the rights in question are moral rights, and that existing legal rights ought to be changed or maintained accordingly. The problem, however, is that moral rights require moral justification. In Conflicts of Rights, John Rowan takes this next step, and investigates possible moral justifications for rights alleged to exist in four contexts: abortion, affirmative action, welfare, and pornography freedoms. In doing so, he reaches conclusions about the morally appropriate policy for each issue, and also about the effectiveness of rights language in general.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-9122-9 (9780813391229)
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Content
Preface; Part 1: Moral Theory; 1. Rights and Social Policy; 1.1. The Problem; 1.2. Theories and Applications; 1.3. Alternative Theoretical Approaches; 2. The Structure of Rights; 2.1. The Hohfeldian Analysis; 2.2. Two Conceptions of Rights; 3. The Interest-Based Theory of Rights; 3.1. The Raz Version; 3.2. Personal Autonomy; 4. The Goal-Based Theory of Rights; 4.1. A Consequentialist Framework; 4.2. Rights In the Goal-Based Framework; Part 2: Social Policy Implications; 5. Redistributive Taxation; 5.1. Property; 5.2. Rights of Redistributive Taxation: The Interest-Based Theory; 5.3. Rights of Redistributive Taxation: The Goal-Based Theory; 6. Affirmative Action; 6.1. The Idea of Affirmative Action; 6.2. Rights of Affirmative Action: The Interest-Based Theory; 6.3. Rights of Affirmative Action: The Goal-Based Theory; 7. Pornography; 7.1. Assigning a Definition; 7.2. Rights of Pornography: The Interest-Based Theory; 7.3. Rights of Pornography: The Goal-Based Theory; 8. Abortion; 8.1. Moral Standing; 8.2. Rights of Abortion: The Interest-Based Theory; 8.3. Rights of Abortion: The Goal-Based Theory; 9. Concluding Remarks; Index