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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449916603321

Autore

Perry Michael J.

Titolo

The idea of human rights : four inquiries / / Michael J. Perry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

1-60256-770-0

0-585-27901-2

1-280-47018-6

9786610470181

1-4237-3651-6

0-19-535380-3

1-60256-221-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 p.)

Disciplina

323/.01

Soggetti

Human rights - Religious aspects

Human rights - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-157) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction The Idea of Human Rights; CHAPTER ONE: Is the Idea of Human Rights Ineliminably Religious?; CHAPTER TWO: Rights Talk: What Does It Mean? And Is It Problematic?; CHAPTER THREE: Are Human Rights Universal? The Relativist Challenge and Related Matters; CHAPTER FOUR: Are Human Rights Absolute? The Incommensurability Thesis and Related Matters; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y;

Sommario/riassunto

The author of this work explores the complex issue of human rights, the legal and moral dimensions of "rights" rhetoric itself and the social, political, and philosophical implications, particularly at the international level. He argues that the concept of human rights is inescapably religious.