1st Edition
Rights and Reason An Introduction to the Philosophy of Rights
By Jonathan Gorman
Copyright 2004
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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In "Rights and Reason", Jonathan Gorman sets discussion of the 'rights debate' within a wide-ranging philosophical and historical framework. Drawing on positions in epistemology, metaphysics and the theory of human nature as well as on the ideas of canonical thinkers, Gorman provides an introduction to the philosophy of rights that is firmly grounded in the history of philosophy as well as the... Read more
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Plato 3. Hobbes 4. Locke 5. Human motivation 6. Human value 7. Hohfeld's analysis 8. Analysis of Hohfeld's analysis 9. Change 10. Inconsistency 11. Understanding rights 12. The rights-based approach 13. Duty and justice 14. Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index
Biography
Jonathan Gorman
