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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828751703321

Autore

Perry Michael J.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-028342-4

0-19-772071-4

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.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

323/.01

Soggetti

Human rights - Religious aspects

Human rights - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1998.

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

Perry 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.