An introduction to rights

by Edmundson, William A., (William Atkins)

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"A thoroughly updated second edition that is an accessible introduction to the history, logic, moral implications, and political tendencies of the idea of rights"--

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Full title :An introduction to rights / William A. Edmundson.

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"A thoroughly updated second edition that is an accessible introduction to the history, logic, moral implications, and political tendencies of the idea of rights"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.
Edition:2nd edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xvi, 184 pages).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781139233712, 1139233718
oclc:ocn781629128
LC Classification:JC571
Dewey Decimal:323

The prehistory of rights -- The rights of man : the Enlightenment -- "Mischievous nonsense"? -- Into the nineteenth century : consolidation and retrenchment -- The conceptual neighborhood of rights / Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld -- The universal declaration, and a revolt against utilitarianism -- The nature of rights : "choice" theory and "interest" theory -- A right to do wrong? : Two conceptions of moral rights -- The pressure of consequentialism -- What is interference? -- The future of rights -- Conclusion.