Natural Human Rights: a Theory

by Boylan, Michael

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Title Statements

Full title :Natural Human Rights : a Theory / Michael Boylan.

Summary

This timely book by internationally regarded scholar of ethics and social/political philosophy, Michael Boylan, focuses on the history, application and significance of human rights in the West and China. Boylan engages the key current philosophical debates prevalent in human rights discourse today and draws them together to argue for the existence of natural, universal human rights. Arguing against the grain of mainstream philosophical beliefs, Boylan asserts that there is continuity between human rights and natural law and that human beings require basic, essential goods for minimum action. These include food, clean water and sanitation, clothing, shelter and protection from bodily harm, including basic healthcare. The achievement of this goal, Boylan demonstrates, will require significant resource allocation and creative methods of implementation involving public and private institutions. Combining technical argument with four fictional narratives about human rights, the book invites readers to engage with the most important aspects of the discipline.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Sep 2014).

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (312 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781139342650, 1139342657, 9781107029859, 1107029856, 1107664217, 9781107664210
oclc:ocn890603382
LC Classification:JC571 ǂb B675 2014eb
Dewey Decimal:323.01

Subjects

Cross-cultural studies Droit naturel Droit naturel -- Philosophie Droits de l'homme (Droit international)… Droits de l'homme (Droit international)… Human rights Human rights -- Cross-cultural studies Human rights -- Philosophy Natural law Natural law (Philosophy)