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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961582803321

Autore

Madigan Janet Holl

Titolo

Truth, Politics, and Universal Human Rights / / by J. Madigan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007

ISBN

9786611363505

9781281363503

1281363502

9780230604971

0230604978

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

172

323

Soggetti

Political science

Political science - Philosophy

Human rights

World politics

Political Theory

Political Philosophy

Human Rights

Political Science

Political History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



while lacking the philosophical means to do so, the author explores the changing relationship between truth and politics from Plato to Locke.