Persons, rights, and the moral community / Loren E. Lomasky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lomasky, Loren E., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights.

Human rights.

Liberalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a complete and convincing account of what rights we do and do not have, who has them, and why. Presenting the foundations of a liberal, individualistic theory of rights, Lomasky explains the place of rights within the overall structure of morality, arguing for the moral importance of individual commitments to and pursuit of ""projects."" After developing his theory of basic rights, Lomasky demonstrates its implications for a variety of problems and issues, including property rights, the rights of children, and the status of the unborn, defective persons, animals, and even th

Contents:

Contents; 1. The Use and Abuse of Basic Rights; 2. Persons and Projects; 3. Projects and the Nature of Ethics; 4. The Derivation of Basic Rights; 5. Two Concepts of Liberalism; 6. Property Rights Within a Liberal Order; 7. Extending the Moral Community: Children; 8. At the Margin; 9. Beyond Basic Rights; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Originally published: 1987.

Previously issued in print: 1990.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773121-X

1-280-75974-7

9786610759743

0-19-802122-4

0-19-536235-7

OCLC:

437115804