02798nam 2200601 a 450 991082038470332120200520144314.00-85745-787-X10.1515/9780857457875(CKB)2550000001108926(EBL)1337719(OCoLC)855505441(SSID)ssj0000954125(PQKBManifestationID)12479282(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000954125(PQKBWorkID)10938359(PQKB)11342889(MiAaPQ)EBC1337719(Au-PeEL)EBL1337719(CaPaEBR)ebr10744996(CaONFJC)MIL509013(DE-B1597)636838(DE-B1597)9780857457875(EXLCZ)99255000000110892620120719d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHuman rights without democracy?[electronic resource] reconciling freedom with equality /Gret Haller ; translated by Cynthia KlohrNew York Berghahn Booksc20121 online resource (198 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85745-786-1 1-299-77762-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-184) and index.The prehistory and context of human rights -- First notions of human rights -- Human rights, morals, and law -- From human rights to positive law -- Human rights, the state, and democracy -- Politics and law -- The Cold War -- Moralizing human rights -- Natural right and imposed concepts of man -- Perspectives for democratic legitimacy -- Universality and regionalization -- Repercussions from the Cold War. Do Human Rights truly serve the people? Should citizens themselves decide democratically of what those rights consist? Or is it a decision for experts and the courts? Gret Haller argues that Human Rights must be established democratically. Drawing on the works of political philosophers from John Locke to Immanuel Kant, she explains why, from a philosophical point of view, liberty and equality need not be mutually exclusive. She outlines the history of the concept of Human Rights, shedding light on the historical development of factual rights, and compares how Human Rights are understood in thHuman rightsPhilosophyDemocracyHuman rightsPhilosophy.Democracy.323Haller Gret1947-1716042Klohr Cynthia1705936MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820384703321Human rights without democracy4111129UNINA