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UNINA9910961582803321 |
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Autore |
Madigan Janet Holl |
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Titolo |
Truth, Politics, and Universal Human Rights / / by J. Madigan |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007 |
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ISBN |
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9786611363505 |
9781281363503 |
1281363502 |
9780230604971 |
0230604978 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2007.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political science |
Political science - Philosophy |
Human rights |
World politics |
Political Theory |
Political Philosophy |
Human Rights |
Political Science |
Political History |
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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 (p. 219-223) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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