The myth of universal human rights : its origin, history, and explanation, along with a more humane way / / David N. Stamos
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| Autore: |
Stamos David N. <1957->
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| Titolo: |
The myth of universal human rights : its origin, history, and explanation, along with a more humane way / / David N. Stamos
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Routledge : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 323 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human rights |
| Human rights - History | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Bible |
| Confucius, 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; Naturalia | |
| Abortion, Affirmative Action, Same-Sex Marriage, the Treatment of Animals, Waterboarding, and Political Regime ChangeConclusion; References; Index; About the Author | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The myth of universal human rights |
| ISBN: | 1-315-63335-3 |
| 1-317-25577-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460934203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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