Philosophical Theory and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Published on 26. May 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-7766-0558-6 (ISBN)
Description
Philosophical Theory and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights examines the relations and interrelations among theoretical and practical analyses of human rights. Edited by William Sweet, this volume draws on the works of philosophers, political theorists and those involved in the implementation of human rights. The essays, although diverse in method and approach, collectively argue that the language of rights and corresponding legal and political instruments have an important place in contemporary social political philosophy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
368 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7766-0558-6 (9780776605586)
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Contents
Jason West and Paul Groarke
11. Solidarity and Human Rights
William Sweet
12. Universal Human Rights and Aboriginal Land Claims
David Lea
13. Moderating the Philosophy of Rights
Ralph Nelson
14. MacIntyre or Gewirth? Virtue, Rights, and the Problem Of Moral Indeterminacy
Gregory Walters
Introduction: Theories of Rights and Political and Legal Instruments
William SweetTheories of Rights
1. Natural Law and Natural Rights
Howard Kainz
2. The Ethical Background of the Rights of Women: Cudworth, Macaulay and Wollstonecraft
Sarah Hutton
3. Philosophical Anthropology, the Saumur Philosophers, and Economic Rights
Leslie Armour
4. T. H. Green on Rights and the Common Good
Rex Martin
5. A Postsecular Exchange: Jacques Maritain, John Dewey, And Karl Marx
Thomas Jeannot The United Nations Declaration and Human Rights6. Human Rights: 50 Years Later
Mostafa Faghfoury
7. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Maritain and the Universality Of Human Rights
Bradley Munro
8. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the Supreme Court of Canada
Jack Iwanicki
9. Human Rights and the Survival Imperative: Rwanda's Troubled Legacy
Philip Lancaster Rights after the UN Declaration
Jason West and Paul Groarke
11. Solidarity and Human Rights
William Sweet
12. Universal Human Rights and Aboriginal Land Claims
David Lea
13. Moderating the Philosophy of Rights
Ralph Nelson
14. MacIntyre or Gewirth? Virtue, Rights, and the Problem Of Moral Indeterminacy
Gregory Walters