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Theories of Rights (The International Library of Essays on Rights) - Hardcover

Book 2 of 23: The International Library of Essays on Rights
 
9780754624301: Theories of Rights (The International Library of Essays on Rights)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0754624307 ISBN 13: 9780754624301
Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

To those who invoke them, rights are powerful instruments for settling arguments in favour of the right-holders. But the nature, provenance and justification of rights are uncertain and disputed and there are doubts about whether rights should play a distinctive and fundamental role in moral and political discourse. More recent disgreements have centred on group rights and on whether rights have a universal application across different cultures and moral traditions. These and other related issues are explored in depth by the essays in this volume, which are mostly drawn from a wide range of journals in philosophy, politics and law.

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About the Author

Ten Chin Lew is Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Philosophy Department at the National University of Singapore, Singapore.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0754624307
ISBN 13 
9780754624301
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
468
Editor
Ten C.L.