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The Value and Limits of Rights Essays in Honour of Peter Jones
152 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
152 Pages
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Routledge
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Rights are part of our everyday moral and political vocabulary. Yet while few would deny that rights are important, there is a great deal of disagreement about just how valuable rights are and what their proper limits ought to be. For example, some scholars and practitioners maintain that human rights are valuable because they lay down a framework of protection, while at the same time leaving... Read more
1. Introduction: The value and limits of rights: essays in honour of Peter Jones 2. Human rights and the diversity of value 3. Grounding human rights 4. Why liberals should not worry about subsidizing opera 5. Rights as democracy 6. The right to health versus good medical care? 7. The value and limits of rights: a reply 8. Peter Jones: Publications
Biography
Ian O’Flynn is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at Newcastle University, UK.
Albert Weale FBA is Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy at University College, London, UK.
