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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459484503321

Autore

Gorman J. L (Jonathan L.), <1946-, >

Titolo

Rights and reason : an introduction to the philosophy of rights / / Jonathan Gorman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-48934-9

1-317-48935-7

1-315-71057-9

1-282-92147-9

9786612921476

1-84465-346-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

323

Soggetti

Human rights - Philosophy

Civil rights - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2003 by Acumen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Plato; CHAPTER 3 Hobbes; CHAPTER 4 Locke; CHAPTER 5 Human motivation; CHAPTER 6 Human value; CHAPTER 7 Hohfeld's analysis; CHAPTER 8 Hohfeld's analysis analysed; CHAPTER 9 Change; CHAPTER 10 Inconsistency; CHAPTER 11 Understanding rights; CHAPTER 12 The rights-based approach; CHAPTER 13 Duty and justice; Conclusion; APPENDIX 1 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

APPENDIX 2 Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as amended by Protocol No. 11 Rome, 4.XI.1950Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In ""Rights and Reason"", Jonathan Gorman sets discussion of the 'rights debate' within a wide-ranging philosophical and historical framework. Drawing on positions in epistemology, metaphysics and the theory of human nature as well as on the ideas of canonical thinkers, Gorman provides an introduction to the philosophy of rights that is firmly



grounded in the history of philosophy as well as the concerns of contemporary political and legal philosophy. The book gives readers a clear sense that, just as there are arguments about the content of rights, and just as there are myriad claims to right