LEADER 03983nam 2200457 450 001 9910729801203321 005 20230704004422.0 010 $a9781035306275$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9781035306268 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7253949 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7253949 035 $a(UtOrBLW)eep9781035306275 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926792061000041 100 $a20230704d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aInterrogating the morality of human rights /$fMichael J. Perry 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNorthampton :$cEdward Elgar Publishing,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (172 pages) 225 1 $aElgar studies in human rights 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$aPrint version: Perry, Michael J. Interrogating the Morality of Human Rights Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited,c2023 9781035306268 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the author -- Introduction: Interrogating the morality of human rights - Introductory overview -- PART I THE MORALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- 1. Preliminary questions -- 2. The most fundamental question: What justification, if any? -- PART II TWO FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS: MORAL EQUALITY AND MORAL FREEDOM -- 3. The human right to moral equality and the constitutional right to equal protection -- 4. The human right to moral freedom and the constitutional right of privacy -- PART III THREE HUMAN-RIGHTS-BASED CONTROVERSIES: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, ABORTION, AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE -- 5. Capital punishment as a contested human rights issue -- 6. Criminalizing abortion as a contested human rights issue -- 7. Excluding same-sex couples from civil marriage as a contested human rights issue -- 8. Who decides? -- PART IV ANTIPOVERTY RIGHTS-AND VULNERABILITY THEORY -- 9. Poverty as a human rights issue -- 10. Vulnerability theory and the morality of human rights: Complementary, not competitive -- Conclusion: Human rights inflation? Extreme economic inequality and global warming as human rights issues -- Appendix -- Index. 330 $a"This forward-thinking book illustrates the complexities of the morality of human rights. Emphasising the role of human rights as the only true global political morality to arise since the Second World War, chapters explore its role as applied to often controversial issues, such as capital punishment, the exclusion of same-sex couples from civil marriage and criminal abortion bans. Clarifying and cross-examining the morality of human rights, Michael J. Perry discusses their connection to moral equality and moral freedom, as well as exploring the significance of anti-poverty human rights. This illuminating book concludes with an explanation as to why the morality of human rights is acutely relevant to challenges faced by humanity in the modern era. In particular, the challenges of growing economic inequality and climate change are emphasised as having profound relevance to the morality of human rights. Interrogating the Morality of Human Rights will be of great benefit to both undergraduate and graduate students who are contemplating the idea of human rights and their morality within their studies. Professors and academics with cause to study and research human rights would also find it to be of interest, particularly those in the field of legal scholarship"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aElgar studies in human rights. 606 $aHuman rights$xMoral and ethical aspects 615 0$aHuman rights$xMoral and ethical aspects. 676 $a323 700 $aPerry$b Michael J.$0545562 712 02$aEdward Elgar Publishing, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910729801203321 996 $aInterrogating the Morality of Human Rights$93392301 997 $aUNINA