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Truth, Politics, and Universal Human Rights / by J. Madigan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Madigan, Janet Holl.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Human rights.
- World politics.
- Political Theory.
- Political Philosophy.
- Human Rights.
- Political Science.
- Political History.
- Local Subjects:
- Political Theory.
- Political Philosophy.
- Human Rights.
- Political Science.
- Political History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book uses the concept of universal human rights to explore the relationship between the individual, society, and truth. To answer the question of how we say something universally true about human beings while lacking the philosophical means to do so, the author explores the changing relationship between truth and politics from Plato to Locke.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Universal Human Rights and the Impoverishment of Moral Discourse; Part II: Soul Keeping and State Building: Principles and Politics from Plato to Machiavelli; Part III: The Decline of Truth and the Rise of Rights in the Thought of Grotius and Locke; Part IV: Being and Goodness: The Alpha and Omega of Human Rights; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611363505
- 9781281363503
- 1281363502
- 9780230604971
- 0230604978
- OCLC:
- 314795173
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