Moral Rights and Political FreedomRowman & Littlefield, 1995 - 224 pàgines Seeking a way out of today's bewildering rush of rights claims, Tara Smith's Moral Rights and Political Freedom offers a systematic account of the nature and foundations of rights. The book carefully elucidates what political freedom is and demonstrates why it should be protected by rights. Smith's thesis is that rights are teleological: respect for freedom is necessary for individuals' flourishing or eudaimonia. Smith illustrates how many alleged rights would actually undermine that objective. Her decisive refutation of the assumption that conflicts between rights are inevitable--demonstrating how such conflicts are theoretically incoherent and practically self-defeating--should go a long way toward resolving many contemporary disputes about rights. |
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... particular kinds of rights ( such as the right to free expression or the right to privacy ) , they have been decidedly more reluctant to state what a right qua right is . We are typically given only synonyms and meta- phors : a right is ...
... particular kinds of rights ( such as the right to free expression or the right to privacy ) , they have been decidedly more reluctant to state what a right qua right is . We are typically given only synonyms and meta- phors : a right is ...
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... particular career ) and that freedom which is di- rectly occasioned by government actions ( such as freedom to vote in a municipal election on a specified date ) . Since political freedom may be exercised in a variety of ways , many ...
... particular career ) and that freedom which is di- rectly occasioned by government actions ( such as freedom to vote in a municipal election on a specified date ) . Since political freedom may be exercised in a variety of ways , many ...
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... particular ex- ternal obstacles . By examining the most flagrant cases of freedom's breach , I illustrate that freedom protects a person's authority to gov- ern her actions . A person is free when her ability to control her own actions ...
... particular ex- ternal obstacles . By examining the most flagrant cases of freedom's breach , I illustrate that freedom protects a person's authority to gov- ern her actions . A person is free when her ability to control her own actions ...
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... particular rights claims , I concentrate on three categories of rights : the right to life , the right to property , and the right to wel- fare . By invoking the general justification of rights - primarily , the telos that rights are ...
... particular rights claims , I concentrate on three categories of rights : the right to life , the right to property , and the right to wel- fare . By invoking the general justification of rights - primarily , the telos that rights are ...
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Positive Rights in a Republic of Talk: A Survey and a Critique Thomas Halper Previsualització no disponible - 2003 |