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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451185203321

Autore

Madigan Janet Holl

Titolo

Truth, politics, and universal human rights [[electronic resource] /] / Janet Holl Madigan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

ISBN

1-281-36350-2

9786611363505

0-230-60497-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

172

323

Soggetti

Human rights - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

Abortion - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Universal Human Rights and the Impoverishment of Moral Discourse; Part II: Soul Keeping and State Building: Principles and Politics from Plato to Machiavelli; Part III: The Decline of Truth and the Rise of Rights in the Thought of Grotius and Locke; Part IV: Being and Goodness: The Alpha and Omega of Human Rights; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book uses the concept of universal human rights to explore the relationship between the individual, society, and truth. To answer the question of how we say something universally true about human beings while lacking the philosophical means to do so, the author explores the changing relationship between truth and politics from Plato to Locke.