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Inherent human rights : philosophical roots of the universal declaration / Johannes Morsink.
LIBRA JC571 .M837 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morsink, Johannes.
- Series:
- Pennsylvania studies in human rights
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human rights--History--20th century.
- Human rights.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 318 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009]
- Summary:
- Why are certain global problems recognized as human rights issues while others are not? This book highlights campaigns to persuade the human rigts movement to move beyond traditional concerns and embrace pressing new ones. Its analytic framework and case studies reveal critical strategies and conflicts involved in the struggle for new rights.
- Contents:
- The metaphysics of inherence
- Obeying the conscience of humanity
- The shortcomings of the golden rule
- Human rights cosmopolitanism
- The charge of unrealistic utopianism
- Human rights and democratic participation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [278]-302) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812241624
- 0812241622
- OCLC:
- 258770306
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