Griffin on human rights / edited by Roger Crisp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crisp, Roger, 1961- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Griffin, James, 1933- On human rights.

Griffin, James.

Human rights.

Human rights--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 237 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Human rights are one of the most controversial and widely discussed ideas in contemporary politics, ethics, and law. In recent decades, the philosophy of human rights has flourished. A highly significant contributor to the debate has been James Griffin, formerly White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford. In his book, On Human Rights, and in other work, Griffin has defended the view that contemporary judicial understandings of human rights rest on an insecure theoretical basis. This has had the result that the language of human rights has been over-extended, and consequently has less force where it really matters. On Griffin's view, human rights are best understood as protections of our agency and personhood, and he argues his case with reference to many real-life human rights cases. Griffin's book has led to a great deal of discussion, and this volume collects several of the most significant responses to Griffin by internationally leading moral and political philosophers. It also includes a response by Griffin himself. The book does not require first-hand knowledge of Griffin's work, and, while being required reading for scholars of human rights, will also make an ideal book for an undergraduate or graduate seminar on human rights. Book jacket.

Contents:

Two approaches to human rights / Carl Wellman

Taking rights out of human rights / John Tasioulas

When the good alone isn't good enough / David A. Reidy

The egalitarianism of human rights / Allen Buchanan

Human rights, human agency and respect : extending Griffin's view / Rowan Cruft

Griffin on human rights : form and substance / Roger Crisp

Personhood versus human needs as grounds for human rights / David Miller

Griffin on human rights / Brad Hooker

Griffin on human rights to liberty / James W. Nickel

Replies / James Griffin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199668731

0199668736

OCLC:

894250025