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Stamos David N. <1957-> |
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The myth of universal human rights : its origin, history, and explanation, along with a more humane way / / David N. Stamos |
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London : , : Routledge : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2016 |
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1-315-63335-3 |
1-317-25577-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human rights |
Human rights - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Problem, Audience, and Myth; Chapter Summaries; Conceptual Errors and Fallacies; Chapter 2: Evolution and Universal Human Rights; The Theological Foundation of Universal Human Rights; The Foundation in Human Nature; Taking Evolution Seriously; Chapter 3: Scholarly Defenses of Universal Human Rights; Alan White; Jack Donnelly; Charles Beitz; Jack Mahoney; Alan Gewirth; James Griffin; Martha Nussbaum; Chapter 4: Getting the History of Human Rights Wrong; The Bible |
Confucius, Cyrus, and the KoranAncient Greeks; Ancient Romans; Medieval Scholars; Grotius, Hobbes, and Pufendorf; Chapter 5: Getting the History of Human Rights Right; The English Levellers; Locke; Jefferson to the Present; Chapter 6: Explaining the Human Rights Epidemic; Memetics; The Democracy Connection; Competing Explanations; Inference to the Best Explanation; Resistance to the Human Rights Epidemic; Evolutionary Psychology and Fairness; Chapter 7: Evolution, Ethics, and Justice; Bentham and MacIntyre; The Elephant and the Blind Indians; Naturalized Normative Ethics; Naturalia |
Abortion, Affirmative Action, Same-Sex Marriage, the Treatment of Animals, Waterboarding, and Political Regime ChangeConclusion; References; Index; About the Author |
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