Rethinking Rights and Responsibilities: The Moral Bonds of CommunityThe author's reconceptualization of human rights through an investigation of the requisites of community is brilliant! -- John F. Kilner, author of Life on the LineMay well be his masterwork! -- Max L. Stackhouse, Princeton Theological Seminary |
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Contents
Justice Rights and | 1 |
TWO From Natural Rights to Utility | 41 |
THREE From Natural Rights to Class Consciousness | 69 |
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| Title | Rethinking Rights and Responsibilities: The Moral Bonds of Community |
| Author | Arthur J. Dyck |
| Publisher | Pilgrim Press, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 11, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0829810064, 9780829810066 |
| Length | 441 pages |
| Subjects | › Political Science / History & Theory Religion / Ethics |
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