03262nam 22008775 450 991096158280332120240312121441.09786611363505978128136350312813635029780230604971023060497810.1057/9780230604971(CKB)1000000000342455(EBL)308358(OCoLC)314795173(SSID)ssj0000285029(PQKBManifestationID)11209870(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285029(PQKBWorkID)10277612(PQKB)11670027(DE-He213)978-0-230-60497-1(MiAaPQ)EBC308358(Au-PeEL)EBL308358(CaPaEBR)ebr10194143(CaONFJC)MIL136350(OCoLC)519343409(Perlego)3505623(EXLCZ)99100000000034245520151229d2007 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTruth, Politics, and Universal Human Rights /by J. Madigan1st ed. 2007.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2007.1 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781349536931 1349536938 9781403976239 1403976236 Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-223) and index.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; IndexThis 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.Political sciencePolitical sciencePhilosophyHuman rightsWorld politicsPolitical TheoryPolitical PhilosophyHuman RightsPolitical SciencePolitical HistoryPolitical science.Political sciencePhilosophy.Human rights.World politics.Political Theory.Political Philosophy.Human Rights.Political Science.Political History.172323Madigan Janet Holl1792019Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961582803321Truth, Politics, and Universal Human Rights4329998UNINA