Theories of rights / edited by Jeremy Waldron.

Title & Author:

Theories of rights / edited by Jeremy Waldron.

Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1984.

Description:

209 pages ; 21 cm.

Series:

Oxford readings in philosophy

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-205) and index.
Natural rights / by Margaret MacDonald -- Justice and equality / by Gregory Vlastos -- Are there any natural rights? / by H.L.A. Hart -- Are there any absolute rights? / by Alan Gewirth -- Utility and rights / by David Lyons -- Rights, goals, and fairness / by T.M. Scanlon -- Rights as trumps / by Ronald Dworkin -- Can there be a right-based moral theory? / by J.L. Mackie -- Right-based moralities / by Joseph Raz..

Summary:

This book collects nine of the most important articles published in the last twenty years on the subject of rights--their nature, content, and justification--in philosophy, jurisprudence, and political theory.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0198750633 (U.S. ; pbk.)
9780198750635 (U.S. ; pbk.)

Subject:

Civil rights.
Human rights.
Law Philosophy.
Human Rights
Civil Rights
Droits de l'homme.
Droit Philosophie.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
civil rights.
Mensenrechten.
Filosofia do direito.
Direitos humanos.
Droits civils et politiques.
Justice sociale.
Rights - Philosophical perspectives

Added entries:

Waldron, Jeremy.
Oxford readings in philosophy.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 181411
Call No.: ID JC571.T44; ID:85-B12598
Status: Available

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