Moral Rights and Political FreedomRowman & Littlefield, 1995 - 224 Seiten Seeking a way out of today's bewildering rush of rights claims, Tara Smith's Moral Rights and Political Freedom offers a systematic account of the nature and foundations of rights. The book carefully elucidates what political freedom is and demonstrates why it should be protected by rights. Smith's thesis is that rights are teleological: respect for freedom is necessary for individuals' flourishing or eudaimonia. Smith illustrates how many alleged rights would actually undermine that objective. Her decisive refutation of the assumption that conflicts between rights are inevitable--demonstrating how such conflicts are theoretically incoherent and practically self-defeating--should go a long way toward resolving many contemporary disputes about rights. |
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... Authority : Contextually Absolute 110 101 6 Freedom Part II - Freedom What Freedom Is 125 Action 129 A Classic Account of Freedom 131 Freedom from What ? 134 7 Freedom's Nemesis : Physical Force 123 141 What Force Is 141 When Force ...
... Authority : Contextually Absolute 110 101 6 Freedom Part II - Freedom What Freedom Is 125 Action 129 A Classic Account of Freedom 131 Freedom from What ? 134 7 Freedom's Nemesis : Physical Force 123 141 What Force Is 141 When Force ...
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... authority that they were originally conceived to hold . The possession of rights no longer offers reliable moral pro- tection . Several authors have invoked the metaphor of inflation to charac- terize this predicament . ' As rights have ...
... authority that they were originally conceived to hold . The possession of rights no longer offers reliable moral pro- tection . Several authors have invoked the metaphor of inflation to charac- terize this predicament . ' As rights have ...
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... authority to rule their lives . Thus a theory of rights provides only one component of a complete account of how people ought to live . Rights address freedom of action , but not the overall moral pro- priety of action . Questions ...
... authority to rule their lives . Thus a theory of rights provides only one component of a complete account of how people ought to live . Rights address freedom of action , but not the overall moral pro- priety of action . Questions ...
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... authority to gov- ern her actions . A person is free when her ability to control her own actions is not obstructed by others in certain ways . The further ques- tion is : which ways ? Since a person's freedom is bound by obligations to ...
... authority to gov- ern her actions . A person is free when her ability to control her own actions is not obstructed by others in certain ways . The further ques- tion is : which ways ? Since a person's freedom is bound by obligations to ...
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