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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457054303321

Titolo

Rethinking rights [[electronic resource] ] : historical, political, and philosophical perspectives / / edited by Bruce P. Frohnen and Kenneth L. Grasso

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8262-6652-5

Descrizione fisica

ix, 271 p

Collana

The Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy

Altri autori (Persone)

FrohnenBruce

GrassoKenneth L

Disciplina

323.09

Soggetti

Human rights - History

Human rights

Civil rights - History

Civil rights

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; Introduction: Rights in a multicultural age / Bruce P. Frohnen, Kenneth L. Grasso -- Historical roots of modern rights: before Locke and after / Brian Tierney -- Natural rights and social contract in Burke and Bellarmine / Gary D. Glenn -- Natural law, natural rights, and the Declaration of Independence / George W. Carey -- Individual and group rights: self-government and claims of right in historical practice / Bruce P. Frohnen -- ; The ontology of rights / Kenneth L. Schmitz -- ; The historical and communal roots of legal rights and the erosion of the state / Paul Gottfried -- Reintegrating rights: Catholicism, social ontology, and contemporary rights discourse / Kenneth L. Grasso -- Toward a social pluralist theory of institutional rights / Jonathan Chaplin -- ; Epilogue: Toward an integrative vision / Bruce P. Frohnen.

Sommario/riassunto

"Essays retrace the historical development of rights in the West, assessing the influence of Locke, Burke, and the authors of the Declaration of Independence to clarify the experience of rights within the Western tradition, showing that rights need to be rethought so that they may again truly serve the human good"--Provided by publisher.