168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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Human rights include individual rights against government oppression, such as the right to freedom of thought, religion, speech, assembly, and to a fair system of criminal justice. But even in this basic political sense, "human rights" means different things in different historical and cultural contexts and advocacy of such rights has frequently been viewed as subjective. Justifying Ethics offers... Read more
Preface, Introduction: The Power of Human Rights, 1. The Problem of Justification, 2. Human Nature, 3. Beyond Human Nature, 4. Criticism: Human Nature as the Source of Hope, 5. Countercriticism: The Human Rights Struggle and the Need for Justification, 6. Conclusion: The Importance of Justification, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Jan Gorecki
