The Changing Ethos of Human Rights - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1839108428 ISBN 13: 9781839108426

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2021

Synopsis

Utilizing the ethos of human rights, this insightful book captures the development of the moral imagination of these rights through history, culture, politics, and society. Moving beyond the focus on legal protections, it draws attention to the foundation and understanding of rights from theoretical, philosophical, political, psychological, and spiritual perspectives.

The book surveys the changing ethos of human rights in the modern world and traces its recent histories and process of change, delineating the ethical, moral, and intellectual shifts in the field. Chapters incorporate and contribute to the debates around the ethics of care, considering some of the more challenging philosophical and practical questions. It highlights how human rights thinkers have sought to translate the ideals that are embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into action and practice.

Interdisciplinary in nature, this book will be critical reading for scholars and students of human rights, international relations, and philosophy. Its focus on potential answers, approaches, and practices to further the cause of human rights will also be useful for activists, NGOs, and policy makers in these fields.

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About the Author

Edited by Hoda Mahmoudi, Research Professor and Chair, The Bahá’í Chair for World Peace, University of Maryland College Park, Alison Brysk, Distinguished Professor, Department of Global Studies and Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara and Kate Seaman, Assistant Director, The Bahá’í Chair for World Peace, University of Maryland, US

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1839108428
• ISBN 13: 9781839108426
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 168
• Editor: Mahmoudi Hoda, Brysk Alison, Seaman Kate