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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... given to my work . The University of Texas Philosophy Department Pincoffs Fellow- ship allowed me a semester's leave to launch work on the project and the UT University Research Institute funded a research assistant . I am grateful to ...
... given to my work . The University of Texas Philosophy Department Pincoffs Fellow- ship allowed me a semester's leave to launch work on the project and the UT University Research Institute funded a research assistant . I am grateful to ...
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... given a receptive hearing , people are encouraged to float others . If " fetuses ' rights " have gained a foot- hold , why not propose rights of future generations ? If children are thought to have a right to education , the path is ...
... given a receptive hearing , people are encouraged to float others . If " fetuses ' rights " have gained a foot- hold , why not propose rights of future generations ? If children are thought to have a right to education , the path is ...
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... given systematic answers , we will have no prin- cipled means of navigating our way out of the current morass . Even those alarmed by the recent explosion of rights claims will lack the resources to resist it . This book is a defense of ...
... given systematic answers , we will have no prin- cipled means of navigating our way out of the current morass . Even those alarmed by the recent explosion of rights claims will lack the resources to resist it . This book is a defense of ...
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... given only synonyms and meta- phors : a right is a claim , an entitlement , a trump . Though helpful , these leave significant questions unanswered : what kind of claim ? Entitlements to what sort of things ? Can a right ever be over ...
... given only synonyms and meta- phors : a right is a claim , an entitlement , a trump . Though helpful , these leave significant questions unanswered : what kind of claim ? Entitlements to what sort of things ? Can a right ever be over ...
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... Given this objective , observable facts about the requirements of survival , of well - being , and about the means by which people can meet those requirements demonstrate the indispensable role of free- dom . Freedom is essential for a ...
... Given this objective , observable facts about the requirements of survival , of well - being , and about the means by which people can meet those requirements demonstrate the indispensable role of free- dom . Freedom is essential for a ...
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