03191nam 2200637 450 991079773560332120230808212651.01-315-63335-31-317-25577-1(CKB)3710000000514632(EBL)4096048(SSID)ssj0001580571(PQKBManifestationID)16259890(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001580571(PQKBWorkID)13143026(PQKB)10046890(MiAaPQ)EBC4186050(MiAaPQ)EBC4096048(Au-PeEL)EBL4186050(CaPaEBR)ebr11127626(CaONFJC)MIL870181(OCoLC)932338831(Au-PeEL)EBL4096048(CaPaEBR)ebr11122388(OCoLC)935247603(OCoLC)929952210(FINmELB)ELB141528(EXLCZ)99371000000051463220160127d2016 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe myth of universal human rights its origin, history, and explanation, along with a more humane way /David N. StamosLondon :Routledge :Taylor & Francis Group,2016.1 online resource (278 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61205-241-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 BibleConfucius, 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; NaturaliaAbortion, Affirmative Action, Same-Sex Marriage, the Treatment of Animals, Waterboarding, and Political Regime ChangeConclusion; References; Index; About the AuthorHuman rightsHuman rightsHistoryHuman rights.Human rightsHistory.323Stamos David N.1957-1479490MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797735603321The myth of universal human rights3695634UNINA