The idea of human rights
by
 
Beitz, Charles R.

Title
The idea of human rights

Author
Beitz, Charles R.

ISBN
9780199572458

Personal Author
Beitz, Charles R.

Publication Information
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Physical Description
xiii, 235 p. ; 25 cm.

Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction -- 1. Why there is a problem -- 2. Forms of skepticism -- 3. Approach -- Ch. 2. The practice -- 4. Origins -- 5. Doctrine -- 6. Implementation -- 7. An emergent practice -- 8. Problems -- Ch. 3. Naturalistic theories -- 9. Naturalism about human rights -- 10. Persons "as such" (1) : the demand side -- 11. Persons "as such" (2) : the supply side -- Ch. 4. Agreement theories -- 12. "Common core" and "overlapping consensus" -- 13. The appeal of agreement conceptions -- 14. Progressive convergence -- Ch. 5. A fresh start -- 15. Human rights in The Law of Peoples -- 16. The idea of a practical conception -- 17. A two-level model -- 18. "Manifesto rights" -- 19. The role of states -- Ch. 6. Normativity -- 20. What human rights are for -- 21. A schema -- 22. Minimalism and social justice -- 23. Toleration (1) : the domestic analogy -- 24. Toleration (2) : the autonomy of peoples -- Ch. 7. International concern -- 25. Anti-poverty rights -- 26. Political rights -- 27. Human rights of women -- Ch. 8. Conclusion -- 28. Residues of skepticism -- 29. Pathologies -- 30. Human rights and global normative order.

Abstract
Human rights have become one of the most important moral concepts in global political life over the last 60 years. Charles Beitz, one of the world's leading philosophers, offers a compelling new examination of the idea of a human right.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

Subject Term
Human rights -- Political aspects.
 
Human rights.
 
Human rights -- International cooperation.
 
Human rights -- Philosophy.
 
Normativity (Ethics)
 
Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects.


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