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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... 189 The Right to Welfare 194 Rights Conflicts 195 Welfare Rights Revisited 199 Selected List of Works Consulted Index About the Author 165 185 211 221 225 Acknowledgments Many people have contributed to my understanding of rights.
... 189 The Right to Welfare 194 Rights Conflicts 195 Welfare Rights Revisited 199 Selected List of Works Consulted Index About the Author 165 185 211 221 225 Acknowledgments Many people have contributed to my understanding of rights.
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Tara Smith. Acknowledgments Many people have contributed to my understanding of rights and free- dom ; here , I can recognize only a few . My earliest work in this area was guided by Susan Wolf and Ri- chard Flathman at Johns Hopkins ...
Tara Smith. Acknowledgments Many people have contributed to my understanding of rights and free- dom ; here , I can recognize only a few . My earliest work in this area was guided by Susan Wolf and Ri- chard Flathman at Johns Hopkins ...
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... understanding of what rights are and do . It is precisely this latter tactic that has been most damaging to rights in recent years . The popular understanding of rights has noticeably shifted . Many " rights " whose suggestion would ...
... understanding of what rights are and do . It is precisely this latter tactic that has been most damaging to rights in recent years . The popular understanding of rights has noticeably shifted . Many " rights " whose suggestion would ...
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... understanding of the nature and foundations of rights . At root , the burgeoning of rights claims arises from our failure ever to have fully formulated and adequately defended a theory of the exact kind of moral principle that rights ...
... understanding of the nature and foundations of rights . At root , the burgeoning of rights claims arises from our failure ever to have fully formulated and adequately defended a theory of the exact kind of moral principle that rights ...
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... understand why that function is so valu- able that it warrants recognizing claims as strong as rights . Until these questions are given systematic answers , we will have no prin- cipled means of navigating our way out of the current ...
... understand why that function is so valu- able that it warrants recognizing claims as strong as rights . Until these questions are given systematic answers , we will have no prin- cipled means of navigating our way out of the current ...
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Positive Rights in a Republic of Talk: A Survey and a Critique Thomas Halper Previsualització no disponible - 2003 |