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Conflicts of rights : moral theory and social policy implications / John R. Rowan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rowan, John R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil rights--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Civil rights.
- Human rights--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Human rights.
- Social policy--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Social policy.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 225 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1999.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Moral Theory
- 1 Rights and Social Policy 3
- 1.2 Theories and Applications 6
- 1.3 Alternative Theoretical Approaches 11
- 2 The Structure of Rights 20
- 2.1 The Hohfeldian Analysis 20
- 2.2 Two Conceptions of Rights 25
- 3 The Interest-Based Theory of Rights 32
- 3.1 The Raz Version 32
- 3.2 Personal Autonomy 43
- 4 The Goal-Based Theory of Rights 50
- 4.1 A Consequentialist Framework 50
- 4.2 Rights in the Goal-Based Framework 57
- Part 2 Social Policy Implications
- 5 Redistributive Taxation 69
- 5.1 Property 69
- 5.2 Rights of Redistributive Taxation: The Interest-Based Theory 74
- 5.3 Rights of Redistributive Taxation: The Goal-Based Theory 84
- 6 Affirmative Action 100
- 6.1 The Idea of Affirmative Action 100
- 6.2 Rights of Affirmative Action: The Interest-Based Theory 102
- 6.3 Rights of Affirmative Action: The Goal-Based Theory 119
- 7 Pornography 134
- 7.1 Assigning a Definition 134
- 7.2 Rights of Pornography: The Interest-Based Theory 136
- 7.3 Rights of Pornography: The Goal-Based Theory 150
- 8 Abortion 163
- 8.1 Moral Standing 163
- 8.2 Rights of Abortion: The Interest-Based Theory 165
- 8.3 Rights of Abortion: The Goal-Based Theory 182.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813391229
- OCLC:
- 40857108
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