The Philosophy of Human Rights: Contemporary Controversies - Hardcover

 
9783110263398: The Philosophy of Human Rights: Contemporary Controversies
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3110263394 ISBN 13: 9783110263398
Verlag: De Gruyter, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

The notion of “human rights” is widely used in political and moral discussions. The core idea, that all human beings have some inalienable basic rights, is appealing and has an eminently practical function: It allows moral criticism of various wrongs and calls for action in order to prevent them. On the other hand it is unclear what exactly a human right is. Human rights lack a convincing conceptual foundation that would be able to compel the wrong-doer to accept human rights claims as well-founded. Hence the practical function faces theoretical doubts.

The present collection takes up the tension between the wide political use of human rights claims and the intellectual skepticism about them. In particular two major issues are identified that call for conceptual clarification in order to better understand human rights claims both in theory and in practice: the question of how to justify human rights and the tension between universal normative claims and particular moralities.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Gerhard Ernst, University of Stuttgart, Germany; Jan-Christoph Heilinger, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

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Verlag
De Gruyter
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3110263394
ISBN 13 
9783110263398
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
270
Herausgeber
Ernst Gerhard, Heilinger Jan-Christoph
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