The Community of Rights - Softcover

Gewirth, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226288811 ISBN 13: 9780226288819

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1998

Synopsis

Alan Gewirth extends his fundamental principle of equal and universal human rights, the Principle of Generic Consistency, into the arena of social and political philosophy, exploring its implications for both social and economic rights. He argues that the ethical requirements logically imposed on individual action hold equally for the supportive state as a community of rights, whose chief function is to maintain and promote the universal human rights to freedom and well-being. Such social afflictions as unemployment, homelessness, and poverty are basic violations of these rights, which the supportive state is required to overcome. A critical alternative to both "liberal" and "communitarian" views, this book will command the attention of anyone engaged in the debate over social and economic justice.

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From the Back Cover

The Community of Rights, Alan Gewirth's sequel to Reason and Morality, extends his fundamental principal of equal and universal human rights, the Principle of Generic Consistency, into the arena of social and political philosophy, exploring its implications for both social and economic rights.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226288811
• ISBN 13: 9780226288819
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 396