Pragmatism, rights, and democracy / Beth J. Singer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singer, Beth J., 1927-

Series:

American philosophy series 1073-2764 ; no. 11.

American philosophy series, 1073-2764 ; no. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Communities.

Individualism.

Pragmatism.

Physical Description:

xii, 207 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 1999.

Contents:

I Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy in the Theory of Rights

1. Four Principles of Traditional Theories of Rights 3

2. An Alternative to the Dominant Tradition 23

3. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Stuart Mill, and Thomas Hill Green on Natural Rights 42

II Democracy and Multiculturalism

4. The Democratic Solution to Ethnic Pluralism 61

5. Difference, Otherness, and the Creation of Community 81

6. Multiculturalism, Identity, and Minority Rights: Will Kymlicka and the Concept of Special Rights 92

7. Deep Diversity: Charles Taylor and the Politics of Federalism 108

III Democratic Praxis

8. Pragmatism, Rights, and Democracy 121

9. Reconciling Liberalism and Communitarianism 142

Postscript: But I have a Right! 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-195) and index.

ISBN:

0823218678

0823218686

OCLC:

39060702