Liberal rights : collected papers, 1981-1991 / Jeremy Waldron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waldron, Jeremy.

Series:

Cambridge studies in philosophy and public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights.

Human rights.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

xi, 480 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Summary:

This volume brings together a wide-ranging collection of the papers written by Jeremy Waldron, one of the most internationally highly-respected political theorists writing today. The main focus of the collection is on substantive issues in modern political philosophy. The first six chapters deal with freedom, toleration, and neutrality and argue for a robust conception of liberty. Waldron defends the idea that people have a right to act in ways others disapprove of, and that the state should be neutral vis-a-vis religious and ethical systems. The chapters that follow are concerned with socio-economic rights. Waldron argues that poverty and homelessness are not to be understood apart from the value of freedom. On the contrary our moral response to them should be based on the same values that underlie traditional liberal philosophy. The volume is a tribute to the resources and unity of the liberal political tradition.

Contents:

1 Liberal rights: Two sides of the coin 1

2 Theoretical foundations of liberalism 35

3 A right to do wrong 63

4 Locke, toleration, and the rationality of persecution 88

5 Mill and the value of moral distress 115

6 Rushdie and religion 134

7 Legislation and moral neutrality 143

8 Particular values and critical morality 168

9 Rights in conflict 203

10 Welfare and the images of charity 225

11 John Rawls and the social minimum 250

12 Social citizenship and the defense of welfare provision 271

13 Homelessness and the issue of freedom 309

14 Can communal goods be human rights? 339

15 When justice replaces affection: The need for rights 370

16 Rights and majorities: Rousseau revisited 392.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521430240

0521436176

OCLC:

26219504