Being social : the philosophy of social human rights / edited by Kimberley Brownlee, David Jenkins, and Adam Neal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brownlee, Kimberley, 1978- editor.

Jenkins, David, editor.

Neal, Adam, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Philosophy.

Human rights.

Social interaction.

Human rights--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 310 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Philosophy of social human rights

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.

Summary:

This pioneering collection of original essays aims to remedy the neglect of social needs and rights in human rights theory and practice by exploring the social dimensions of the human-rights minimum.

Contents:

Intro

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Introduction

1. Interlocking Rights, Layered Protections: Varieties of Justifications for Social Rights

1.1 Introduction: Varieties of Justifications

1.2 Standard Threats

1.3 Interlocking Rights

1.4 Layered Protections

1.5 Conclusions

2. A Human Right to Relationships?

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The Prima Facie Argument

2.3 The Human Right to Intimacy Consideration

2.4 The Group Right to Intimacy

2.5 Conclusion

3. A Right to Opportunities for Meaningful Relationships

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Brownlee on the Right against Social Deprivation

3.3 Human Rights and Their Grounds

3.4 Two Distinct Social Rights

3.5 Four Objections to a Right to Opportunities for Meaningful Relationships

3.6 Distinguishing the Two Rights

3.7 The Intrinsic Prudential Value of Meaningful Relationships and Basic Social Interactions

3.8 Conclusion

4. The Right to Participate in the Life of the Society

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Interactional Rights and the Life of the Society

4.3 Barriers to Social Participation

4.4 An Objection

4.5 Conclusion

5. What Becomes of the Right to Marry? Disestablishment and the Value of Marriage

5.1 Introduction

5.2 The Right to Marry, Marital Establishment, and Disestablishment

5.3 What Happens to the Right to Marry?

5.4 What Is the Value of Marriage?

5.5 Which Is Best for Freedom of Marital Expression (RTM2)?

5.6 Perfect or Imperfect Justice?

5.7 Concluding Remarks

6. Do Older People Have a Right to Be Loved?

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Human Rights as Fundamental Conditions for a Good Life

6.3 Older People Need Love and Emotional Support

6.4 Who Has the Duty?

6.5 Some Policy Considerations

6.6 Conclusion.

7. Social Rights at Work

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Just and Favourable Conditions of Work as a Human Right

7.3 Fundamental Social Interests and Rights

7.4 Social Rights at Work

7.5 A Human Right to a Fair Workweek

7.6 Conclusion

8. Fair Equality of Opportunity, Social Relationships, and Epistemic Advantage

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Two Roles of Social Relationships in Hiring

8.3 Fair Epistemic Opportunities

8.4 Regulating Upstream Opportunities for Relational Epistemic Goods

8.5 In Defence of Anonymous Hiring

9. Communication and Rights

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Communication's Role in Other Human Rights

9.3 Rights' and Communication's Common Structure

9.4 Rights' Justification

9.5 Communication as a Natural or Legal-Conventional Right

9.6 Communication Rights' Scope

10. The (Social) Right to the City

10.1 Introduction

10.2 A Right to the City

10.3 A Right to What?

10.4 Social Right to the City: Inhabitants

10.5 Social Right to the City: Producers

10.6 Social Right to the City: Needful

10.7 Conclusion: Radical Implications

11. Rights to Belong and Rights to be Left Alone? Claims to Caring Relationships and their Limits

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Caring Relationships and the State

11.3 Interests in Being Left Alone

11.4 The Social Bases of Caring Relationships: Demands on Institutions and Individuals

12. The Role of Solitude in the Politics of Sociability

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Solitude versus Loneliness

12.3 Relationship Goods, Social Human Rights, and Solitude

12.4 The Good of Solitude

12.5 Solitude and Loneliness

12.6 Conclusions

13. Normative Disorientation and a Limitation of Human Rights

13.1 Introduction

13.2 A Limitation of the Conceptual Language of Human Rights.

13.3 The Existential Threat of Evolutionary Disconnection: Practical, not Theoretical

13.4 The Ethical Significance of Normative Disorientation

13.5 The Philosophical Significance of Normative Disorientation

13.6 Conclusion

14. Four Types of Anti-Loneliness Policies

14.1 Introduction: State Duties to Help Address Loneliness

14.2 Defining Loneliness

14.3 Four Ways of Addressing Loneliness

14.4 Assessing the Four Types of Anti-loneliness Policies

14.5 Concluding Remarks

Epilogue: Achieving Adequate Social Access

E.1 Introduction

E.2 Responsibilities to Promote One's Own Social Access

E.3 Moral Responsibilities to Help Each Other Enjoy Adequate Social Access

E.4 Civil Society's Responsibilities to Respect and Promote Adequate Social Access

E.5 Businesses' and Corporations' Responsibilities

E.6 Governments' Responsibilities

E.7 International Human Rights Strategies

E.8 Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 1, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Brownlee, Kimberley Being Social

ISBN:

0-19-191420-7

0-19-264460-2

0-19-264461-0