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Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights

Author: Rowan Cruft; S. Matthew Liao; Massimo Renzo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199688623

Published In: May 2015
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9780199688630

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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 foundations of human rights.

Divided into four parts, this book focusses firstly on the moral grounds of human rights, for example in our dignity, agency, interests or needs. Secondly, it looks at the relationship between moral groundings in human rights law and politics.

The essays represent new and canonical research by leading scholars in the field. Each section comprises of a set of essays and replies, offering a comprehensive analysis of different positions within the debate in question, with an introduction from the editors to guide researchers and students navigating the diversity of views on the philosophical foundations of human rights.

Introduction: the Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights

HUMAN RIGHTS' FOUNDATIONS

1. On the Foundations of Human Rights

2. Response to John Tasioulas

3. Human Rights as Fundamental Conditions for a Good Life

4. From a Good Life to Human Rights: Some Complications

5. Is Dignity the Foundation of Human Rights?

6. Human Rights, Natural Rights, and Human Dignity

7. Personal Deserts and Human Rights

8. Desert and Human Rights: Response to James W. Nickel

9. A Social Ontology of Human Rights

10. Human Rights, Human Dignity, and Power