This book explores the question of whether the ideal right to science and culture exists. It proposes that the human right to science and culture is of a utopian character and argues for the necessity of the existence of such a right by developing a philosophical project situate…
This title brings together a set of essays on the philosophical foundations of human rights, along with critical replies. It is a comprehensive survey of the topic, comprising of research essays from academics in the fields of law, philosophy, international relations, social sci…
What makes something a human right? What is the relationship between the moral foundations of human rights and human rights law? What are the difficulties of appealing to human rights? This book offers the first comprehensive survey of current thinking on the philosophical found…
This title brings together a set of essays on the philosophical foundations of human rights, along with critical replies. It is a comprehensive survey of the topic, comprising of research essays from academics in the fields of law, philosophy, international relations, social sci…
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'Orthodox' positions What makes something a human right? What is the relationship between the moral foundations of human rights and human rights law? What are the difficulties of appealing to human rights? This book offers the first comprehensive survey of current thinking on th…
Philosophical foundations of human rights
by Cruft, Rowan
fromPhilosophical foundations of law
What makes something a human right? What is the relationship between the moral foundations of human rights and human rights law? What are the difficulties of appealing to human rights? This book offers the first comprehensive survey of current thinking on the philosophical found…
Does the apparent victory, universality and ubiquity of the idea of rights indicate that such rights have transcended all conflicts of interests and moved beyond the presumption that it is the clash of ideas that drives culture? Or has the rhetorical triumph of rights not been r…