Pragmatism, rights, and democracy [[electronic resource] /] / Beth J. Singer

• Autore: Singer Beth J. <1927->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 207 p. )
• Disciplina: 323/.01
• Soggetto topico: Human rights; Communities; Individualism; Pragmatism; Human Rights; Law, Politics & Government
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-195) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The author's theory of rights was developed in an earlier work. This successor volume includes applications, lectures, replies to critics, and clarifications. For the author, rights exist only if they are embedded in the operative practices of a community. People have a right in a community if their claim is acknowledged, and if they would acknowledge similar claims by others. This account contrasts with theories of natural rights, which state that humans have rights by virtue of being human. It also differs from Kantian attempts to derive rights from the necessary conditions of rationality. While denying that rights exist independently of a community's practices, the text maintains that rights to personal autonomy and authority ought to exist in all communities. Group rights, an anathema among individualistic theories, are a valuable institution. The work's discussion of rights appropriate for minority communities is particularly illuminating as a model of careful reasoning.
• Titolo autorizzato: Pragmatism, rights, and democracy
• ISBN: 0-8232-8485-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248181403316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: American philosophy series, ; 11.; Fordham American philosophy.; ACLS Humanities E-Book.