A Debate Over Rights: Philosophical Enquiries - Hardcover

Kramer, Matthew H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019826853X ISBN 13: 9780198268536

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1998

Synopsis

The authors of this volume engage in a lively debate over the fundamental characteristics of legal and moral rights. Each author considers whether rights essentially protect individuals' interests or whether they instead essentially enable individuals to make choices. The book addresses many questions including: what are the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a right; what is the connection between the existence and the enforcement of a right (i.e., between rights and remedies); does the identification of rights inevitably involve value judgements; and to what extent can rights be in conflict? The answers to these and related questions can clarify, though not finally resolve, some of the controversies over abortion, euthanasia, and animal rights.

About this title

About the Author

Matthew Kramer is a University Lecturer in Jurisprudence, Cambridge University, and Fellow and Director of Studies in Law, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Nigel Simmonds is a Reader in Jurisprudence, Cambridge University, and Fellow and Director of Studies in Law, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Hillel Steiner is Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Manchester.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019826853X
• ISBN 13: 9780198268536
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320