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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... tion ? This thesis will only move questions about rights , rather than an- swer them , unless we pin down exactly what such freedom amounts to . Thus a major portion of this work is devoted to examining what freedom is . Broadly , the ...
... tion ? This thesis will only move questions about rights , rather than an- swer them , unless we pin down exactly what such freedom amounts to . Thus a major portion of this work is devoted to examining what freedom is . Broadly , the ...
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... tion , which , in turn , is essential for the production of life - sustaining goods and a life of well - being . It is the union of these facts about how one can achieve well - being with the adoption of that aim that yields the ...
... tion , which , in turn , is essential for the production of life - sustaining goods and a life of well - being . It is the union of these facts about how one can achieve well - being with the adoption of that aim that yields the ...
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... tion is : which ways ? Since a person's freedom is bound by obligations to respect oth- ers ' freedom , a useful account of freedom must identify exactly which external obstacles can invade freedom . This is the subject of chapter 7 ...
... tion is : which ways ? Since a person's freedom is bound by obligations to respect oth- ers ' freedom , a useful account of freedom must identify exactly which external obstacles can invade freedom . This is the subject of chapter 7 ...
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... tion that others may suffer from a similar narrowmindedness , I've adopted the policy of using the feminine , not so much to conjure women instead of men , but to jostle the imagination into understanding all sorts of different ...
... tion that others may suffer from a similar narrowmindedness , I've adopted the policy of using the feminine , not so much to conjure women instead of men , but to jostle the imagination into understanding all sorts of different ...
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Positive Rights in a Republic of Talk: A Survey and a Critique Thomas Halper Previsualització no disponible - 2003 |