"Mention of the American West usually evokes images of rough and tumble cowboys, ranchers, and outlaws. In contrast, The Not So Wild, Wild West casts America's frontier history in a new framework that emphasizes the creation of institutions, both formal and informal, that facili…
Real Rights offers a new theory of the grounds of legal and moral rights, providing a platform from which to determine whether alleged rights are "real" or not. Defining a legal or moral right as a complex of liberties, claims, powers, and immunities, Wellman distinguishes the k…
Real Rights provides a new theory of the grounds of legal and moral rights. Wellman argues that only agents can be right-holders, that children and the mentally limited can have only limited rights, and that foetuses, the dead, and groups can have none. Real Rights also describe…
An interesting academic study of the influence of certain 19th-century women reformers on Walt Whitman, as evidenced by his poetry,prose, and correspondence.
N.a.v het boek "Leaves of grass" (1860) van de dichter Walt Whitman, waarin hij opkomt voor de rechten van de vrouw, beschrijft de auteur de relatie van Whitman met de 19e eeuwse vrouwenbeweging in de VS. Hierbij blijkt de invloed van feministische schrijfsters als Abby Hills Pr…
An interesting academic study of the influence of certain 19th-century women reformers on Walt Whitman, as evidenced by his poetry, prose, and correspondence.
An interesting academic study of the influence of certain 19th-century women reformers on Walt Whitman, as evidenced by his poetry, prose, and correspondence.
"Where do rights come from? Are they invented or discovered? What sort of rights are there and who is entitled to them? How can rights be protected? In this comprehensive and accessible introduction, Tom Campbell introduces and critically examines the key philosophical debates a…
The concept of freedom -- Grounds for coercion -- Hard cases for the harm principle -- Legal rights -- Conflicts of legal rights -- Human rights -- Social justice.
"John Calvin developed arresting new teachings on rights and liberties, church and state, and religion and politics that shaped the law of Protestant lands. Calvin's original teachings, which spread rapidly throughout the West, were periodically challenged by major crises - the …
"John Calvin developed arresting new teachings on rights and liberties, church and state, and religion and politics that shaped the law of Protestant lands. Calvin's original teachings, which spread rapidly throughout the West, were periodically challenged by major crises - the …
Review: "During the past decade there has emerged growing criticism largely from anti-essentialist social scientists and multicultural politicians advocating a critique of ethnic and indigenous movements, accompanied by a general backlash in governmental policies and public opin…
"During the past decade there has emerged growing criticism largely from anti-essentialist social scientists and multicultural politicians advocating a critique of ethnic and indigenous movements, accompanied by a general backlash in governmental policies and public opinion towa…