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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... intended to perform in order to determine whether a par- ticular claim qualifies as a right . And even when we grasp the proper function of rights , we must understand why that function is so valu- able that it warrants recognizing ...
... intended to perform in order to determine whether a par- ticular claim qualifies as a right . And even when we grasp the proper function of rights , we must understand why that function is so valu- able that it warrants recognizing ...
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... it suffers from the prospect of tension between rights and those ends that they are intended to foster . If promotion of the end requires sacrifice of a right , consequentialist rights must be violated . Such rights Introduction 7.
... it suffers from the prospect of tension between rights and those ends that they are intended to foster . If promotion of the end requires sacrifice of a right , consequentialist rights must be violated . Such rights Introduction 7.
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... intended to illustrate the viability of positive freedom actually confuse the freedom of an ac- tion with other of its characteristics , such as an action's autonomy , its virtue , or its rationality . Moreover , the classification of ...
... intended to illustrate the viability of positive freedom actually confuse the freedom of an ac- tion with other of its characteristics , such as an action's autonomy , its virtue , or its rationality . Moreover , the classification of ...
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... intended to safeguard individuals from the vagaries of public opinion . We shall have much more to say about rights conflicts in chapter 9 . 6. This prerogative is always bound by the obligation to respect others ' rights . Part I ...
... intended to safeguard individuals from the vagaries of public opinion . We shall have much more to say about rights conflicts in chapter 9 . 6. This prerogative is always bound by the obligation to respect others ' rights . Part I ...
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