Human Rights: Concept and ContextWinner: 2002 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award What are human rights? What justifies us in believing we have them? What are rights-holders and duty-bearers? Who should bear the costs and responsibilities for making human rights real? Why have some criticized the human rights perspective? And how can those supportive of human rights best respond? These and other conceptual issues are discussed in full in the first part of this book. The second part offers a detailed account of how the human rights idea came to be such a powerful force in the contemporary world; it traces the evolution of human rights from their origins to their present position in our daily lives, in political struggles, and in both national and international law. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 7 |
Who Holds Human Rights? | 37 |
What Justifies Human Rights? | 67 |
What are the Objects of Our Human Rights? | 101 |
Who Bears Which Duties? | 129 |
Can Human Rights Withstand Criticism? | 155 |
Origins to the Nineteenth Century | 191 |
Twentieth Century and Beyond | 213 |
Appendix | 241 |
Appendix | 259 |
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The Challenge of Human Rights: Origin, Development and Significance Jack Mahoney No preview available - 2006 |
Rights, Democracy, and Fulfillment in the Era of Identity Politics ... David Ingram No preview available - 2004 |