Grounding human rights in a pluralist world
In 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which declared that every human being, without "distinction of any kind," possesses a set of morally authoritative rights and fundamental freedoms that ought to be socially guaranteed. Since that time, human rights have arguably become the cross-cultural moral concept and evaluative tool to measure the performance -- and even legitimacy -- of domestic regimes. Yet questions remain that challenge…
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In 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which declared that every human being, without "distinction of any kind," possesses a set of morally authoritative rights and fundamental freedoms that ought to be socially guaranteed. Since that time, human rights have arguably become the cross-cultural moral concept and evaluative tool to measure the performance -- and even legitimacy -- of domestic regimes. Yet questions remain that challenge their universal validity and theoretical bases. Some theorists are "maximalist."
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- Publication Date:©2011.
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- Publisher(s):Georgetown University Press
- Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011.
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- Description:1 online resource (viii, 239 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781589017603, 1589017609
- oclc:ocn720683790
- LC Classification:JC571
- Dewey Decimal:323
Table of Contents
Prolegomena to any philosophical defense of human rights -- The maximalist challenge to human rights justification -- An enforcement-centered approach to human rights with special reference to John Rawls -- Consensus-based approaches to human rights -- The capability approach to human rights -- Grounding human rights in a pluralist world.
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